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Summary

Three oval and circular shaped depressions are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 south of Hardstone Cottage. The depressions are interpreted as extractive pits of post-medieval to early 19th century origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

The depressions do not correspond with any depicted features. The plot is recorded as under fir cultivation and called ‘Carthamartha Coppice’.

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

The depressions do not correspond with any depicted features. The plot is depicted as broadleaf woodland.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Three oval and circular shaped depressions are visible as subtle 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.

Three oval and circular depressions, one circa 10 by 13 metres, one circa 10 by 11 metres and one circa 18 metres across, are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005. The depressions are situated on west facing land above the River Tamar south of Hardstone Cottage.
The earthworks are situated within a plot recorded as ‘Carthamartha Coppice’ in the Tithe Apportionment, which despite its name is recorded as comprising fir trees and was therefore probably replanted as a fir plantation by this time rather than managed as a coppice woodland.
The Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map shows the plot as under broadleaf woodland. Subsequent historic and modern maps and aerial photographs consistently show the plot as woodland.
A quarry is recorded 50 metres to the north (MDV68413).
The depressions are interpreted as extractive pits of post-medieval to early 19th century 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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