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Summary

Curvilinear banks visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data are probably the remains of field boundaries of medieval origin on the south-east slopes of Afton Tor, Bery Pomeroy.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MOUND (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
• CLEARANCE CAIRN? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A mound is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., 2025, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations (Interpretation). SDV366411.

A mound is visible on images derived from lidar data as an earthwork up to approximately 10m in diameter, near the summit of Loventor. The mound may be the remains of clearance cairn associated with nearby field boundaries of medieval or post-medieval date, but an earlier origin is possible.

Horner, B., 2025, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366415.

Traces of possible clearance cairns on Afton Tor.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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