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Summary

Irregularly shaped pits, interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century quarries, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013. The quarries had probably passed out of use by the early-20th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The pits partly correspond with, but extend beyond, earthworks labelled as ‘Quarry’.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

The pits partly correspond with, but extend beyond, earthworks labelled as ‘Old Quarry’.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 22-FEB-2005 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Irregularly shaped pits are visible as earthworks.

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.

Irregularly shaped pits are visible as earthworks.

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.

Irregularly shaped pits, between 9-48 metres long, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013.
The pits partly correspond with, but extend beyond, earthworks depicted and labelled as ‘Quarry’ and as ‘Old Quarry’ on the late-19th and early-20th century First and Second Edition Ordnance Survey maps. Earthworks are also shown in this location on the 2021 Ordnance Survey MasterMap.
They are therefore interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century quarries that had probably passed out of use by the early-20th century.
The earthworks are not visible on other available aerial imagery owing to thick tree cover.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

The pits partly correspond with, but extend beyond, earthworks shown in this location.

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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