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Summary

Linear and curvilinear banks and ditches are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data on the north-west facing slopes to the south-west of Roadway Farm, Morthoe. The earthworks have been interpreted as evidence of a formerly more extensive settlement, possibly of medieval date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
• SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV9 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

Earthworks suggestive of a shrunken settlement are visible.

Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.

Linear and curvilinear banks and curvilinear hollows are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data to the south-west of Roadway Farm.

Hegarty, C., 2024, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project lidar interpretation and associated aerial photograph interpretations (Personal Comment). SDV366085.

The earthworks might include field boundaries, tracks and building platforms associated with a previously more extensive settlement, but may simply represent former infield boundaries associated with Roadway Farm.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9082 - Lidar Survey: University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project

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