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Summary

Curvilinear cropmarks of hollows and ditches are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs of 1989. The cropmarks correspond in part with the former course of a road, possibly of medieval origin, extant in 1946 but cleared by 1964.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NW/232

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
• ROAD (Early Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1066 AD to 1989 AD)

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171401.

Several linear dark marks, including a possible corner of an enclosure. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1989 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV171403.

Aph=dap/mo 1-4/(26/6/1989).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171404.

Des=6/9/1993 (robinson, r. )/(dprfp).

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=6/9/1993 (robinson) marks lie on moderate ne slope, faint hollow over possible corner of enclosure (dprfp).

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The broadest 501 correspond with a road depicted on the Tithe Map for Plympton St Mary.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3228-3229 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

The track or road is still extant.

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.

The cropmarks correspond in part with the road, which remains depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/58/6399, RAF/58/6399 F66 0376-0377 02-JUL-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363068.

The track or road has been removed and its course is visible as a cropmark and earthwork.

Griffith, F. M., 1989, DAP/MO, Devon County Council DAP/MO 9 26-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363228.

Curvilinear cropmarks of ditches or hollows are visible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 17-SEP-2019 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Curvilinear cropmarks of ditches or hollows are visible.

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.

Cropmarks of a curvilinear ditches and hollows are visible on aerial photographs of 1989, west of Larch Grove, Sparkwell.
The cropmarks, previously interpreted as possible evidence of a ditched enclosure, correspond with the route of a former road, possibly of medieval origin, as depicted on the 19th to mid-20th century maps available to the survey. The road had been cleared by 1964.
The remaining cropmarks comprise a probable combination of former trackways, possibly predating the formalisation of the road, hedgerow ditches or ditches arising from hedgerow removal and cropmarks caused by natural, geological features.

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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