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Summary

Several curvilinear ditches and a curvilinear bank are visible as earthworks on visualisations on lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013 south-west of Buckland Abbey. The earthworks are interpreted as possible drainage ditches or trackways of medieval to post-medieval origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRACKWAY? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• DRAINAGE DITCH? (Post Medieval - 1540 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.

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.

Curvilinear ditches and a curvilinear bank 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.

Curvilinear ditches and a curvilinear bank 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.

Several curvilinear ditches between 2 and 12 metres in width and a curvilinear bank circa 3 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations on lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013. The earthworks are orientated north-east to south-west in a north-west and south-west facing fields south-west of Buckland Abbey.
The earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps. Some of the ditches are visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s and from the late 20th to early 21st century.
The earthworks are interpreted as possible drainage ditches or trackways of medieval to 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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