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Summary

Sub-oval and irregularly shaped pits and banks, interpreted as post-medieval or early-19th century quarries with associated spoil heaps, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. The quarries had probably passed out of use by the mid-19th 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))
• SPOIL HEAP (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

An orchard is shown in this location.

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

One of the pits corresponds with an earthwork labelled as ‘Quarry’.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-APR-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Sub-oval and irregularly shaped pits and banks 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.

Sub-oval and irregularly shaped pits and banks 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.

Sub-oval and irregularly shaped pits, between 12-35 metres long, and banks, circa 10 metres long, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019.
The earthworks do not correspond with any pit features on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map which shows this area as comprising orchard. One of the pits does, however, partly correspond with an earthwork labelled as ‘Quarry’ on the late-19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map. An earthwork is also shown in this location on the 2021 Ordnance Survey MasterMap.
The earthworks are therefore interpreted as post-medieval or early-19th century quarries with associated spoil heaps that had probably passed out of use by the mid-19th century, by which time the redundant workings had been given over to an orchard.

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

An earthwork is 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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