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Summary

A quarry is visible as an earthwork pit on images derived from lidar data captured in 2007 and 2013, linked by a trackway to Wheal Conquer lead mine.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• TRACKWAY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A quarry is marked but not depicted, in a wooded area.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 03-FEB-2007 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

An earthwork pit is visible.

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.

An earthwork pit, approximately 11 by 33 metres in size, is visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2007. It appears to correlate with a wooded area depicted on the late-19th century Ordnance Survey map, in which a ‘Quarry’ is marked but not depicted. This probable post-medieval or 19th century extractive pit appears to be linked to the lead mine of Wheal Conquer by a trackway depicted on the historic mapping and visible as a curvilinear ditch on the lidar imagery.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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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