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| HER Number: | MDV36997 |
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| Name: | Ditched enclosure north of Aveton Gifford |
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Summary
A ditched rectilinear enclosure of probable prehistoric date is visible on aerial photographs of 1984 as cropmarks of ditches on the south-west facing slopes of a spur north of Aveton Gifford village.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 696 489 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Aveton Gifford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | AVETON GIFFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NE/57
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
AP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147586.
Subrectangular single ditched enclosure (incomplete). Linear feature runs sw. Recorded from the air 1984 (ap).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV147588.
Aph=dap/cd 8(13/7/1984).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147589.
Des=dprfp 1987-8(and photo d23).
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Vis=25/11/1987 (robinson), 2/3/1988 (griffith and robinson). Site lies on level hilltop, nothing visible on ground (dprfp).
Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/CD, DCC DAP CD/08A-08 13-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363582.
Linear cropmarks of ditches 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.
North-east to south-west aligned cropmarks of ditches 3 to 4m wide are visible on aerial photographs of 1984 defining three sides of a ditched rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date.
No cropmark is identifiable defining the south-west end of the enclosure, cropmarks of probable natural origin obscuring this area, but the visible cropmarks enclose an area approximately 52 m by 36m across.
An irregularly shaped dark cropmark circa 15 by 18m across is identifiable within the northern half of the enclosure but might be natural in origin.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147586 | Migrated Record: AP. |
| SDV147588 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV147589 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV262469 | Migrated Record: DPRFP. |
| 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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| SDV363582 | Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1984. DAP/CD. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC DAP CD/08A-08 13-JUL-1984. [Mapped feature: #124586 ] |
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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: | Mar 2 2020 5:23PM |
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