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Summary

A pit, probably an extractive pit or small quarry of post-medieval date, is depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map and remains identifiable as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013, on the higher south-west-facing slopes of Affaland Moor, Clawton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX39NW/531

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) QUARRY (Unknown date)
• EXTRACTIVE PIT (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

'Old Quarry' shown.

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

Shown but not marked.

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

A pit is identifiable as an earthwork.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area (Cartographic). SDV363955.

A pit is identifiable as an earthwork.

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.

A pit is identifiable as an irregularly shaped earthwork up to circa 48 across on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013 on the on the higher south-west-facing slopes of Affaland Moor.
The visible earthwork corresponds in part with an Old Quarry depicted on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25inch map, as a pit approximately 15m in diameter abutting the eastern side of a field boundary within the enclosed portion of Affaland Moor.
The earthworks identifiable on the lidar derived images extend a further 40m to the west onto the unenclosed part of Affaland Moor.
The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of an extractive pit or small quarry of probable post-medieval to early 19th century origin. The earthwork to the west of the enclosure boundary might have ceased to be worked on the enclosure of the plots to the east.
A second extractive pit earthwork is visible approximately 150m to the east.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• 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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