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Summary

A curvilinear earthwork of a flood embankment probably constructed during the second half of the 19th century is visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FLOOD DEFENCES (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The bank corresponds with a field boundary.

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

The bank corresponds with an earthwork.

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 curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

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 curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

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 curvilinear bank, circa 7 metres wide and orientated north-east to south-west, is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019, along the River Tavy foreshore across Warleigh Marsh.
The bank corresponds with a field boundary on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map and with an earthwork on the late-19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map. An earthwork is also shown in this location on the 2021 Ordnance Survey MasterMap.
The earthwork is interpreted as a flood embankment that was probably constructed across the lower lying marshland sometime during the second half of the 19th century.
The flood embankment is not visible on other available aerial imagery owing to tree cover along its length.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

The bank corresponds with an earthwork.

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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