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| HER Number: | MDV128809 |
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| Name: | Curvilinear enclosure north of Yarnacombe Cross, West Alvington |
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Summary
A Curvilinear enclosure of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016 as cropmarks of ditches on the east-facing slopes to the west of West Alvington village.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 716 430 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX74SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | West Alvington |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEST ALVINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX7143 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.
Banks are identifiaible as subtle earthworks.
Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 21-JUL-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.
Cropmarks of possible banks are visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
Cropmarks of banks visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2018 and banks identifiable as subtle earthworks on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 are interpreted as possible evidence of a curvilinear enclosure potentially of Bronze age to Iron Age date, on the south-west facing slopes of a ridge, immediately north of Yarnacombe Cross
The cropmarks of the levelled banks are up to circa 12m wide and define a possible oval enclosed area up to 110m across and 80m wide.
The subtle banks identifiable on the lidar derived images are of comparable width and define a possible inner oval enclosed area up to 45m across.
It must be considered possible that some of the cropmarks are caused by striations in the underlying geology of the slope.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361470 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX7143 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017. |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363088 | Aerial Photograph: Google. 2019. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 21-JUL-2020. [Mapped feature: #126654 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 13 2020 12:16PM |
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