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| HER Number: | MDV122479 |
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| Name: | Possible Double Ditched Rectilinear Enclosure between Old Walls Hill and Shepherds Lane, Bishopsteignton |
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Summary
A dark double rectilinear cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1950, may have formed over the south-east corner of a rectilinear or square double ditched enclosure of later prehistoric or Roman date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 921 741 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX97SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bishopsteignton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BISHOPSTEIGNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/520, RAF/541/520 RP 3016-3017 13-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352112.
A dark double rectilinear cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.
A dark double rectilinear cropmark is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1950. The cropmarks appear to have formed over the south-east corner of a rectilinear or square double ditched enclosure, estimated as 130 metres in maximum extent with the inner circuit of at least 45 metres across. The outer circuit is defined by a narrower cropmark approximately 2.5 metres wide whilst the inner circuit is wider at circa 5 metres. Superficially it appears to be similar in form to the Roman Signal Station at Stoke Hill, Exeter, but its siting at the head of a combe downslope from higher ground doesn’t support this categorisation, and interpretation remains tentative, particularly since cropmarks are visible only on a single run of aerial photographs.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV352112 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/520. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/520 RP 3016-3017 13-MAY-1950. [Mapped feature: #112563 ] |
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| SDV361305 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 24 2018 1:11PM |
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