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Summary

Field boundaries of possible medieval date were visible on aerial photographs as linear cropmarks of ditches and banks to the north-west of Newton Farm, to the south west of Tavistock.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Unknown date)
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, RAF/540/483/F20/4196-7 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Transcriptions of a linear bank from cropmark evidence visible on aerial photographs RAF/540/483/F20/4196-7 corresponds with a database record of an earthwork field system of ‘unknown medieval’ date, to the north-west of Newton Farm, south-west of Tavistock. A narrow linear bank and ditch circa 65 metres to the north was probably part of the same record.

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

The aerial photograph reference given in the Tamar Valley NMP transcription attributes is incomplete; the date of the photograph is not included.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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