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| HER Number: | MDV113020 |
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| Name: | Ring Ditch South-West of Matford Barton |
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Summary
A dark ring-shaped cropmark is visible on a single run of aerial photographs taken in 1985, and is likely to be associated with the Bronze Age barrow cemetery just to the north.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 921 889 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exminster |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EXMINSTER |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric settlement and cemetery complex and former mill remains, north west of Waybrook Cottages
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1985, DAP 5492, DAP 5492/6A 10-JUL-1985 (EZ) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358730.
A dark ring shaped cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A small ring-shaped cropmark, circa 1 metres wide enclosing an area of approximately 12 metres diameter, is visible on a single run of aerial photographs taken in 1985. Its proximity to the barrow cemetery to the north would point toward a possible interpretation as the ring ditch of a Bronze Age barrow. Poorly defined areas of darker crops, probably of geological origin, make the north and south parts difficult to distinguish.
Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE68 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.
(SX 92187 89187) Enclosure, ring ditches and linears east of Waybrook Cottage. Barrow cemetery MDV17714 visible on the 2018 Google Earth aerial photograph. Enclosure, ring ditches including MDV113020 and linears including MDV105733 also visible. Bronze Age to Romano-British in date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV358730 | Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1985. DAP 5492. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5492/6A 10-JUL-1985 (EZ). [Mapped feature: #72364 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV17714 | Part of: Prehistoric Barrow Cemetery West of Matford Barton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 21 2020 1:12PM |
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