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Summary

A series of narrow parallel curvilinear banks and a curvilinear ditch are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019 south-east of Kingswell Farm. The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin or may alternatively be associated with drainage.

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 partially correspond with depicted field boundaries.

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted features. A spring and stream are depicted to the immediate south.

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 narrow parallel 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.

A series of narrow parallel curvilinear banks and a curvilinear ditch 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 narrow parallel curvilinear banks between circa 2 and 5 metres in width and a curvilinear ditch circa 3 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. The earthworks are orientated north-east to south-west in a north-east facing field south-east of Kingswell Farm.
The banks partially correspond with field boundaries associated with a farmstead depicted on the Tithe Map in the south-west part of the field, which appears to have largely passed out of use by the late-19th century. A spring is depicted to the immediate south, with a stream flowing to the north-east through the southern part of the field. The historic landscape is characterised as ‘medieval enclosures based on strip fields’.
The earthworks are interpreted as field boundaries of medieval to post-medieval origin that partly passed out of use prior to circa 1840. Alternatively, they may be associated with post-medieval or 19th century drainage.

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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