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Summary

Two curvilinear banks and a curvilinear ditch are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013 south-west of Buckland Abbey. The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

Location

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 earthworks do not correspond with any depicted features, however they align with depicted field boundaries to the south and south-west. The plot is recorded as ‘New Orchard’.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Some of the earthworks are visible.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 01-NOV-2007 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Two curvilinear banks and a curvilinear ditch 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.

Two curvilinear banks and a curvilinear ditch are visible as earthworks.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2001 ACCESSED 22-MAR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Some of the earthworks are visible on aerial photographs dating from 2001 onwards.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., 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.

Two curvilinear banks both between 3 and 6 metres in width and a curvilinear ditch circa 4 metres in width flanking one of the banks are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013. The earthworks are orientated both north-east to south-west and north-west to south-east in a north-west facing field south-west of Buckland Abbey.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps, however they do align with depicted field boundaries to the south and south-west. The plot is recorded as ‘New Orchard’ in the Tithe Apportionment.
The north-east to south-west aligned earthworks are visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s and from the late 20th to early 21st century.
The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin that passed out of use by the mid-19th century, possibly when the orchard was established.

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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