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| HER Number: | MDV130444 |
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| Name: | Field boundary west of Poflet Pastures, Milton Abbot |
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Summary
A curvilinear ditch is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 west of Poflet Pastures. It is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval to post-medieval origin, that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 426 792 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX47NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Milton Abbot |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MILTON ABBOT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
The earthwork does not correspond with any depicted features.
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 ditch is visible as an earthwork.
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 curvilinear ditch circa 8 metres in width and branching into two in its south-west part is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. It is orientated approximately north-west to south-east in a south-east facing field west of Poflet Pastures. An area of marshy ground is depicted to the south-east on the Ordnance Survey Mastermap, with a small stream issuing from it.
The earthwork does not correspond to any features depicted on the available historic maps, however it does align with field boundaries to the north and south. The historic landscape is characterised as ‘medieval enclosures based on strip fields’.
The ditch is interpreted as a field boundary of medieval to post-medieval origin that passed out of use prior to circa 1840. The ditch may partially function as drainage into the natural water course to the south-east.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV363945 | Interpretation: 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). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363955 | Cartographic: NERC. 2013. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area. Digital. LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013. [Mapped feature: #129717 ] |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 14 2021 5:09PM |
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