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Summary

A small oval depression is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 south-east of Tuelldown and is interpreted as an extractive pit of post-medieval origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The depression 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 small oval depression 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 small oval depression circa 13 metres by 17 metres is visible as a subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The depression is situated in a level field south-east of Tuelldown.
The depression does not correspond to any features depicted on the available historic maps and is interpreted as an extractive pit of post-medieval origin.

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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