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Summary

A series of curvilinear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 north-east of Milton Abbot. They are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval origin that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond to any depicted features, however they are parallel to depicted field boundaries.

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 series of curvilinear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2002 ACCESSED 24-MAR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Some of the earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs at SX 40861 79667.

Hegarty, C., 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 series of curvilinear banks mostly parallel and orientated north-east to south-west, of varying lengths and between 5 to 8 metres in width, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. They are interspersed with some curvilinear ditches, some of which cut through the banks. The earthworks are situated across a number of south-west facing fields north-east of Milton Abbot.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps, however they are in parallel with depicted field boundaries. The historic landscape is part characterised as medieval enclosures based on strip fields, and part characterised as post-medieval enclosures with medieval elements.
The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of mostly medieval origin that probably formed part of a strip field system, and that passed out of use by the mid-19th century. Some of the banks and ditches are interpreted as probable post-medieval field boundaries or possible drainage features.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 427.09 (DS) and 427.10 (DS) and 428.19 (AP) and 427.13 (DS) (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Former strip fields and field boundaries

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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