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HER Number:MDV105811
Name:Possible Ring Ditch North of Home Down Barn

Summary

Cropmarks of a possible ring of prehistoric date are visible on aerial photographs of 1945, immediately to the north-west of Home Down Barn, Otterton. The ring ditch is tentatively interpreted as the site of a possible round barrow.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 084 835
Map Sheet:SY08SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishOtterton
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishOTTERTON

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Cropmarks of prehistoric ring ditches, possibly Bronze Age barrows to west of Home Down Plantation

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/508, RAF/106G/UK/508 4107-4108 13-JUL-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355833.

A possible ring ditch is visible as a partial cropmark.


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

A possible ring of prehistoric date are visible on aerial photographs of 1945 as an incomplete circular cropmarks on a north-east facing slope immediately to the north-west of Home Down Barn, Otterton. The visible cropmark defines a semicircle circa 29 metres in diameter and is tentatively interpreted as the site of a possible round barrow. A smaller possible ring ditch is visible 10 metres to the north. The cropmark has not been recorded from any other aerial photographs available to the survey. Geophysical assessment of this field is recommended.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351146Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1
SDV355833Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/508. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/508 4107-4108 13-JUL-1945. [Mapped feature: #65244 ]

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)

Date Last Edited:Aug 15 2017 5:47PM