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Summary

A multiple-ditched rectilinear enclosure is visible as dark cropmarks on aerial photographs taken between 1975 and 1999. It is interpreted as of later prehistoric or Roman date. No earthworks were visible when viewed on site in 1982.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Three prehistoric concentric, rectangular enclosures and ring ditch west of Kerswell Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 447960
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/65

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=15/3/1989 (robinson) site occupies small more level area in moderately steep se slope (dprfp).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV309671.

Aph=cuc/bts 57,64(3/7/1975)/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV309672.

Osa=sx98nw35.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV309673.

Des=dprfp 1989(and photos k 16,17).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV309674.

Manning, p. T. + turton, s. D. /archaeological assessment of the kenn to ashcombe gas pipeline/(1995)6/(emafu report 95.14).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV309675.

Aph=dap/lu 15/(7/6/1989).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV309676.

Aph=dap/lx2-4/(16/6/1989).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV309677.

Aph=dap/ne 1,2/(30/6/1989).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=27/9/1982 (os) the cropmarks lie on a se slope of a pasture field about 55.0m od. There is nothing visible on the ground. Its regular shape, position and central eastern entrance are similar to probable 1a/rb sites in the area.

Griffith, F. M., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV8774.

Immediately west of kerswell farm, a cropmark recorded by cuc shows 3 concentric, rectangular enclosures as cropmarks. The marks are thick and rectilinear. Not all of each rectangle is clear. Enigmatic site (griffith).

Cambridge University, 1975, CUCAP BTS, Devon County Council CUCAP BTS057;064 03-JUL-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV2407.

A complex of dark rectilinear cropmarks is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6707, DAP 6707/2-4 16-JUN-1989 (LX) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358731.

A complex of dark rectilinear cropmarks is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Devon County Council, 1989, SOM 13177, SOM 13177/1-2 30-JUN-1989 (NE) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358855.

A complex of dark rectilinear cropmarks is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Get Mapping, 1999, GM/121/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 480-481 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355055.

Several linear and rectilinear dark cropmarks are visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A complex of rectilinear dark cropmarks covering an area of at least 90 by 90 metres is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1975 and 1999. In form it appears to comprise three concentric rectilinear features, perhaps interconnected at the eastern side, with additional linear features external to and parallel with the northern side. The cropmarks are interpreted as having formed over a multiple-ditched rectilinear enclosure of later prehistoric or Roman date. Some of the ditches appear to have been very substantial at over 4 metres in width.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. These have been recorded here as additional separate sources because there is a possibility that the prints may have been processed differently. This would potentially result in images on which archaeological features show slightly differently.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV24	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV2407	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1975. CUCAP BTS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council CUCAP BTS057;064 03-JUL-1975.
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV309671	Aerial Photograph:
SDV309672	Migrated Record:
SDV309673	Migrated Record:
SDV309674	Migrated Record:
SDV309675	Aerial Photograph:
SDV309676	Aerial Photograph:
SDV309677	Aerial Photograph:
SDV355055	Aerial Photograph: Get Mapping. 1999. GM/121/99. Get Mapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 480-481 24-JUL-1999.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV358731	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6707. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6707/2-4 16-JUN-1989 (LX).
SDV358855	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. SOM 13177. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). SOM 13177/1-2 30-JUN-1989 (NE).
SDV8774	Migrated Record: Griffith, F. M..

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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