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Summary

Curvilinear and irregularly shaped pits and banks, interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century extractive pits with associated spoil heaps, are visible as earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004. The extractive pits had probably passed out of use by the late 19th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

The earthworks do not correspond with any pit features in this exact location which is depicted as woodland. Earthworks labelled as ‘Old Quarry’ are shown in proximity to the south-east and south-west.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-DEC-2004 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Curvilinear and irregularly shaped pits and banks are visible as earthworks.

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.

Earthworks of curvilinear and irregularly shaped pits and banks are visible on the steep east facing combe slopes on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2004.
The four pits measure between 20 to 34 metres long by 10m wide. The eastern-most pit is additionally flanked along each side of its length by banks, circa 5 metres wide.
The visible earthworks do not correspond with any pit features depicted in this location on the available historic maps, which depicts this area as woodland. Earthworks labelled as ‘Old Quarry’ are shown in proximity to the south-east and south-west on the late 19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map.
They are therefore interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century extractive pits, with associated spoil heaps, which had probably passed out of use by the late 19th century. The earthworks are not visible on other available aerial imagery owing to thick tree cover.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

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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