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Summary

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019 north-east of Bickham. Originally interpreted as a field boundary of medieval origin, it is on the projected route of a modern pipeline and is visible as a wide cropmark on modern aerial imagery.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD (Between) to 1840 AD (Between))
• PIPELINE? (Late 20th Century - 1989 AD (Between) to 1989 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The earthwork bank does not correspond with any depicted features and extends across two plots.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 01-NOV-2007 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, 2017; 2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A wide, well-defined dark cropmark, approximately 16 metres in width, is visible on aerial imagery captured in 2017 and 2021.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

A curvilinear bank between circa 6 and 9 metres in width and 215 metres in length is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. The bank is orientated north-west to south-east in a north-west facing field north-east of Bickham.
The bank does not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps. It crosses two plots depicted on the Tithe Map. The historic landscape is characterised as post-medieval enclosures with medieval elements.
The bank appears to extend from the gateway of the field and may partially be created from modern usage, however the bank extends a significant length into the plot, inconsistent with a purely modern agricultural origin.
The bank is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval to post-medieval origin that passed out of use prior to circa 1840.

Simkins, D., 2023, Gunnislake to Roborough Tamar Raw Water Trunk Main. Statutory notice W7725 dated 3rd May 1989 (Correspondence). SDV365627.

Reported as a possible modern pipeline trench, on the projected line to Roborough.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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