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Summary

A series of narrow, dark linear cropmarks are visible on aerial photographs between 1992 and 2010, on a hilltop just to the north of Oldbury Camp. Many probably relate to geological fissures in the bedrock, but some could be the remains of enclosures of prehistoric date.

Location

Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000692: FLETE
• SHINE: Cropmarks of possible prehistoric enclosure(s) about 450 metres east of Hole Farm

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSED FIELD SYSTEM? (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Geonex UK, 1992, 158/92, DCC Geonex/158/92 048-049 15-OCT-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349989.

Linear cropmarks are visible in field centred on SX6217851201.

GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.

A complex of interconnected dark linear cropmarks is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A series of narrow, dark linear cropmarks are visible on aerial photographs between 1992 and 2010. Some appear to form a coherent pattern, whilst others are disconnected and more typical of the marks that might be expected to form over geological fissures in the bedrock. The cropmarks are located on a hilltop, similar in form to the hill on which Oldbury Camp is located, and intervisible from it. This proximity could support an interpretation of the features as the buried remains of enclosures of prehistoric date. Only the clearest marks have been transcribed, and those with a more geological character have been omitted, for instance those in the field centred on SX6253151082. Further work is required to determine whether the mapped features are archaeological or natural.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349989	Aerial Photograph: Geonex UK. 1992. 158/92. Geonex Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC Geonex/158/92 048-049 15-OCT-1992.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351585	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2010. GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs. Getmapping. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #63982 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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