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Summary

An oval depression is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 south-west of Cardwell. It is interpreted as a prospecting pit or quarry of post-medieval to early 20th century origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PROSPECTING PIT (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))
• QUARRY (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Oval cut feature visible. Map object previously based on this Source.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, DAP13298/11-12, SX4379/1-2 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

A possible post-medieval quarry is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork cut feature.

Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.

Oval cut feature visible in north corner of field. Map object previously based on this Source.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Map object previously based on this Source.

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 oval depression is visible as an earthwork.

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 oval depression circa 18 metres by 14 metres is visible on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013. The depression is situated in a south-east facing field south-west of Cardwell. It is interpreted as an extractive pit of post-medieval origin.
The depression does not correspond with any features depicted on the available historic maps. The earthwork is faintly visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s and from 2001 onwards.
The depression is interpreted as an extractive pit of post-medieval to early 20th century origin.
The earthwork had been previously transcribed as part of the Tamar Valley NMP and has been re-transcribed based on recent lidar data as part of the Tamar/Lidar project.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
• 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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