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Summary

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit of a post-medieval or 19th century quarry is depicted on historic mapping and is visible on 1940’s RAF digital aerial photographs and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2010 and 2013. The quarry had probably passed out of use by the early 20th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX47SW/577

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• QUARRY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

Site of triangular ‘quarry’ shown on os 25” (1905) map to the southeast of ‘hatchwood’ (os).

BUCK, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219466.

Building stone quarry 80m long x c25m wide with sides c20m high. A survey in 2003 found a gate at the western entrance & a mobile phone transmitter sited in the quarry (buck).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219485.

Des=buck, c.(cornwall archaeological unit)/bedford united mine: archaeological assessment/(2003)83+fig 24/cau report no 2003ro43 site 102 in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219486.

Des=os 25” (1905).

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

An earthwork labelled as ‘Quarry’ is shown in this location.

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

An earthwork pit is possibly visible.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 17-JAN-2010 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit is visible.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

An earthwork labelled as ‘Quarry’ is shown in this location.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

An irregularly shaped earthwork pit, circa 80m long by 52m wide, is visible on 1940’s RAF digital aerial photographs and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2010 and 2013. The pit corresponds with an earthwork depicted and labelled as ‘Quarry’ on the early 20th century Second Edition Ordnance Survey map and 2020 Ordnance Survey MasterMap. It is therefore interpreted as a post-medieval or 19th century quarry which had probably passed out of use by the early 20th century.

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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