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Summary

Two depressions are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013 north of Hardicott Cottage. They are interpreted as extractive pits of probable late 19th to early 20th century origin, but may be earlier.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT (XIX to Early 20th Century - 1801 AD to 1932 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The depressions do not correspond with any depicted features.

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

One of the depressions corresponds approximately to the site of a depicted earthwork within a rectangular enclosure.

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

The depressions are visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 20-FEB-2005 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Two irregular shaped depressions are visible as earthworks.

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, MAL 127/71/073-4 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Quarries of post-medieval date are visible on aerial photographs as earthwork cut features.

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.

Two irregular shaped depressions are visible as earthworks.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JAN-2001 ACCESSED 14-APR-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

The depressions are visible on aerial photographs dating from 2001-2010, after which they are covered in vegetation.

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.

Two irregularly shaped depressions, one circa 25 metres by 6 metres and one circa 20 metres by 12 metres, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013. They are situated in a west facing field north of Hardicott Cottage.
One of the depressions corresponds approximately to the site of an earthwork within a small enclosure depicted on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch Second Edition map. The depressions are visible on aerial photographs dating from the 1940s and from the late-20th and early 21st century.
The earthworks are interpreted as extractive pits of probable late 19th to early 20th century origin, but may be earlier.
The earthworks had previously been transcribed as part of the Tamar Valley NMP and have been re-transcribed based on recent lidar data.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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