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Summary

An irregular shaped depression circa 95 metres in length with surrounding banks are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and depicted on historic maps north-west of Coombe Farm. The earthworks are interpreted as an extractive pit with spoil heaps of post-medieval origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47NW/41

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV244839.

'quarry' shown on os 6" (1906) map.

1954, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV244840.

Quarry shown but not marked on os 6" (1954) map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV244842.

Des=os 6"(1906)97sw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV244843.

Des=os 6"(1954).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV244844.

Des=dyer, m. J. + manning, p. T. /objective 5b: lower tamar valley recreation + land management initiative: cultural heritage appraisal/(1998)21/ea report 98.60.

Dyer, M. + Manning, P., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV27135.

'old quarry' shown on os 1891 map located in wood to w of road at ngr sx40287795 (dyer + manning).

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

The plot is depicted as a plantation.

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

The earthworks are depicted and labelled as ‘Old Quarry’.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

The earthworks are depicted and labelled as ‘Quarry’.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

The plot is visible as a woodland.

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, Ordnance Survey map (Cartographic). SDV349895.

The earthworks are depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1963 - 1996, National Grid OS metric (Cartographic). SDV342278.

The earthworks are depicted and labelled as ‘Quarry (disused)’.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

An irregular shaped depression and surrounding banks are visible as earthworks.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records (Interpretation). SDV346287.

The depression had been previously transcribed by the Tamar Valley NMP and has been re-transcribed based on lidar data.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 30-JUN-2020 ACCESSED 21-APR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

The plot is visible as a woodland.

Hegarty, C., 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 irregular shaped depression circa 95 metres in length with surrounding banks up to 25 metres in width are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005. The earthworks are situated beneath a small woodland on a gentle south-west facing slope north-west of Coombe Farm.
The earthworks correspond with the earthworks of an ‘Old Quarry’ depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch First Edition map and subsequent maps. The plot is depicted as a plantation on the Tithe Map. The plot is visible as woodland in modern aerial photographs and those dating from the 1940s.
The earthworks are interpreted as an extractive pit with spoil heaps of post-medieval origin, that probably ceased to be worked prior to circa 1840 and planted with trees.
The depression had been previously transcribed by the Tamar Valley NMP and has been re-transcribed based on lidar data.

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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