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Summary

Two possible banks of unknown date and function are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on the valley floor of the Tory Brook combe.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/128

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
• PLANTATION BANK? (XVII to XIX - 1700 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV157406.

Aph=raf 106g/uk 1190/3250-1(24/2/1946).

RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV26818.

2 very short banks - about the same length as pillow mounds, but looking much thinner. Close to a pillow mound and two rectangular holes. Visible on 1946 raf ap.(rchm app 1985).

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

The visible earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the Ordnance Survey 1880s 25inch First Edition map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3250-3251 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

Two banks are visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5558 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

One of the banks remains identifiable as a very subtle earthwork.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Two possible banks less than 2m wide and 13 and 17m long are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs of 1946 on the valley floor of the Tory Brook combe.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any features depicted on the 19th or early 20th century maps available to the survey and it is possible that they ceased to be used prior to circa 1880.
However, the function of the banks is unknown. They are too narrow to have functioned as pillow mounds and are more likely to be evidence of relict boundaries, such as disused plantation boundaries of 18th to 19th century date.
The easternmost bank remains identifiable as a very subtle earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 but the western bank has probably been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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