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Summary

A curvilinear bank, interpreted as a 19th century tree enclosure ring within Lifton Park, is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TREE ENCLOSURE RING (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The earthwork corresponds with a circular enclosure (1430) which is recorded as ‘Clump’. Three other enclosures (1428,1429 & 1431) also recorded as ‘Clump’ are depicted in proximity to the south.

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

Possible tree ring, in Lifton Park, shown on 1880s-1890s and 1904-1906 25 inch Ordnance Survey maps.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 24-NOV-2016 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

A curvilinear bank is visible as an earthwork.

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.

A curvilinear bank, circa 5 metres wide, that forms the greater part of a circular enclosure, circa 25 metres diameter, is visible as an earthwork on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2016.
The earthwork corresponds with a circular enclosure (land parcel 1430) on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map, which is recorded as ‘Clump’ on the accompanying Tithe Apportionment. Three other enclosures (land parcels 1428,1429 & 1431) also recorded as ‘Clump’ are depicted in proximity to the south. A circular, dashed-line, enclosure containing trees is also depicted in this location on both the late 19th century and early 20th century First and Second Edition Ordnance Survey maps.
This supports the interpretation that the earthwork is a 19th century tree enclosure ring associated with Lifton Park (MDV64758).
The earthwork is not visible on other available aerial imagery owing to tree cover.

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data, 472.07 (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Possible location for tithe map clump 4130. This is not visible on Lidar or on lrm3 dataset but is clearly marked on the Lifton 1 tithe map in this approximate position.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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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