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Summary

Curvilinear earthwork banks and ditches, and possible building platforms, are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013, and are interpreted as the remains of infield boundaries and house platforms of a shrunken medieval settlement at Youngacott.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• HOUSE PLATFORM? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Small plots of land are depicted around Youngcott, some of them symbolised as orchard.

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.

Curvilinear earthwork banks, hollows and possible platforms are 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.

Curvilinear earthwork banks, hollows and possible platforms are visible.

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 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

Irregular earthworks are visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2013, in the small plots of land depicted on the Tithe maps north of Youngcott. Some curvilinear banks follow and bisect boundaries depicted on the historic mapping. Other earthworks are sited close to the road through the settlement, and could be the remains of former house platforms. Several of these plots are depicted as orchard on the Tithe maps, suggesting that earlier settlement at Youngcott had shrunk by this time and abandoned plots been planted up for fruit trees.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 382.9 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

A pair of small field enclosures lying next to the access road into Youngcott a medieval manor with possible evidence of buildings with in them sx40977675.

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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