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Summary

A rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as cropmarks of ditches, near the summit of an east-facing spur north of Plympton.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Rectangular enclosure of unknown date north east of Boringdon Hall Hotel

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1024180
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NW/233

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV143732.

Small rectangular single ditched enclosure measuring 60m ns and 40m ew. Nearby linear marks that look like tracks across the field corner. Recorded from the air as a cropmark in 1989 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV143734.

Aph=dap/m0 1-4/(26/6/1989).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV143735.

Des=dprfp/(robinson, r. )/(6/9/1993).

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=6/9/1993 (robinson) site lies on level hilltop, nothing visible. Linear marks may be connected with wartime use of the hilltop as a gun emplacement etc (dprfp).

DCC, 1989, DAP 6724, DAP 6724/01, 3 26-JUN-1989 (MO) (Aerial Photograph). SDV363249.

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.

Cropmarks of ditches 3 to 4m wide are visible on aerial photographs of 1989 defining a rectilinear enclosure 48 to 56m long, north to south, and 33 to 42m wide west to east. A possible entrance is identifiable as a break near the centre of the southern ditch almost 3m wide.
The cropmarks are interpreted as an enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date.
No evidence for the use of this hilltop as a Second World War gun emplacement was noted on any aerial photographs of the 1940s.
Linear cropmarks circa 20m to the east are interpreted as evidence of possible former field boundary and are recorded separately (MDV126538).

Sources / Further Reading

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)

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