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| HER Number: | MDV118446 |
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| Name: | Possible Roman Fortlet south of Burrow Corner, Shute |
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Summary
Three sides of a rectilinear cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947, may have formed over the levelled banks of a Roman fortlet.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 238 989 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY29NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shute |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHUTE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FORTLET? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1432-1433 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
Three sides of a pale rectilinear cropmark are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
Three sides of a pale rectilinear cropmark are indistinctly visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947, enclosing an area of more than two thirds of a hectare. It is sited on a ridge between Whiteslades Goyle on the west and Dicken’s Marsh on the east. Its form and size are consistent with an interpretation as having formed over the buried banks of a Roman fortlet, at 75 metres wide with a length of greater than 85 metres. The northern side is not visible, but in width it matches the dimensions of the possible Roman fortlet at Smallridge (MDV151825) circa 6 km to the east. It is not visible on other available aerial imagery and further work would be beneficial, to better define the character and date of this feature. However, numerous place and field names containing a ‘burrow’ element could support interpretation as a former substantial earthwork, and its location immediately south of a possible Roman Road (MDV14190) further endorses this explanation.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1432-1433 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #77731 ] |
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| SDV359463 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| | Linked documents:2 |
Associated Monuments
| MDV14190 | Related to: Roman Road at Burrow Corner, Dalwood (Monument) |
| MDV118468 | Related to: Roman Road from Axminster to Honiton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:29PM |
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