See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

Three parallel curvilinear banks are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019 east of Kingswell Farm. The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of probable medieval origin that may have formed part of a strip field system and 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 (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The banks do not correspond with any depicted features, however they are parallel with adjacent field boundaries.

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.

Three parallel curvilinear banks are visible as subtle 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.

Three parallel curvilinear banks are visible as subtle 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.

Three parallel curvilinear banks between circa 7 and 9 metres in width and circa 60 metres in length are visible as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. The banks are orientated approximately north-west to south-east in a south-east facing field east of Kingswell Farm.
The banks do not correspond to any features depicted on the available historic maps, however they are parallel with adjacent depicted field boundaries. The historic landscape is characterised as ‘post-medieval enclosures’.
Some subtler curvilinear banks are faintly visible in the eastern part of the field and in the field to the north, which have not been transcribed.
The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of probable medieval origin that may have formed part of a strip field system, and that passed out of use by the mid-19th century.

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)

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.