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Summary

A series of curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019 in Blaxton Wood. The banks are interpreted as field boundaries that formed a field system of medieval origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 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 one of the banks aligns with a depicted field boundary. The plot is recorded as woodland.

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

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

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.

A series of curvilinear 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.

A series of curvilinear banks are visible as earthworks.

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.

A series of curvilinear banks between circa 3 and 9 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. The banks are situated on the west facing slopes of Blaxton Wood. One of the banks extends into a field to the east of the wood and appears to have been spread up to 16 metres in width by agricultural activity.
The banks do not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps, however one the banks aligns with a depicted field boundary. The plots is recorded as woodland in the Tithe Apportionment and depicted as such on maps thereafter. The historic landscape is characterised as ‘ancient woodland’ and ‘post-medieval enclosures with medieval elements’.
The banks are interpreted as field boundaries that formed a field system of 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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