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Summary

A 19th century spoil heap is depicted on the First and Second Edition Ordnance Survey maps and is visible as a series of elongated earthwork mounds on aerial photographs of 1947 and lidar data captured in 2004 and 2019. The spoil heap is likely associated with Tinhay Quarry to the immediate north.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX38NE/556/2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SPOIL HEAP (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

Vis=3/12/1997 (dyer) wooded spoil heap of tinhay quarry locally called "the ramps". A gantry system took spoil from the quarry over the a30 to the heap (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV252430.

Des=dyer, m. /(3/12/(1997)/exeter archaeology: two castles trail survey/worksheet in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV252431.

Dyer, m. J. + manning, p. T. /objective 5b;okehampton to polson bridge recreation and land management initiative:cultural heritage appraisal/(1998)52/(ea report 98.01).

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

The possible spoil heap is depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.

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

Earthworks are depicted in this location. Tinhay Quarry is shown to the north.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-DEC-2004 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Elongated mounds are visible as earthworks.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, CPE/UK/1995/1223&4 RAF 1947 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A post medieval spoil-heap was recorded here as an earthwork and stonework on RAF aerial photographs of 1947 at Tinhay, Lifton.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

The spoil-heap occupies a single plot, is broadly rectilinear in extent and measures approximately 125m in length by 115m in width. It appears to be first depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s and is also depicted on the 2016 Ordnance Survey MasterMap, suggesting the earthworks are extant. The spoil heap is likely associated with Tinhay Quarry to the immediate north.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

The possible spoil heap is depicted here on the 2016 Ordnance Survey MasterMap.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019, LIDAR WMS Environment Agency DTM viewed 02-MAR-2021 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

Elongated mounds are visible as earthworks.

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 2 (Culture Recovery Fund project) (Interpretation). SDV364011.

Elongated mounds, interpreted as 19th century spoil heaps associated with Tinhay Quarry, are visible as earthworks on lidar data captured in 2004 and 2019. The mounds correspond with earthworks depicted on both the late 19th and early 20th century First and Second Edition Ordnance Survey maps and also continue beyond the area for this project. They have not, therefore, been transcribed during this survey.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
• EDV8356 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 2 (Culture Recovery Fund) (Ref: ACD2424)

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