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Name:Prehistoric or medieval parallel ditches on Lyn Down
ENPHER Monument Number:MMO1942
Type of Record:Monument
Grid Reference:SS 7252 4712
Parish:LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON

Summary

Two parallel ditches, visible on aerial photographs as cropmarks on Lyn Down, may be the remains of a track or road of medieval date, or boundary markers of late prehistoric date.

Monument Type(s):

Description

Two parallel ditches, visible on aerial photographs as cropmarks on Lyn Down, may be the remains of a track or road of medieval date, or boundary markers of late prehistoric date. Part of a wider complex of cropmark features on Lyn Down and Stock Common, these ditches are centred on circa SS 7251 4712.
The ditches are between 3 and 8 metres wide, and up to 8 metres apart. They cross a low neck of land between, and can be interpreted as connecting Small Combe to the north-east and Stockwater Combe to the south-west, or effectively seperating two hill tops to the north and south.
If they performed a territorial function, the ditches may be associated with similar, although more widely spaced features to the south, and the Iron Age enclosed settlements of Stock Castle and Roborough Castle. [1-4]

This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [5]


<1> Various, Various, Vertical Aerial Photograph, RAF CPE/UK/1980 (F20) 3052-3 (11 April 1947) (Aerial photograph). SMO4068.

<2> Various, Various, Vertical Aerial Photograph, ENPA MAL 77013 023-4 (20 May 1977) (Aerial photograph). SMO4068.

<3> Various, Various, Vertical Aerial Photograph, NMR OS/95/026 047-8 (12 March 1995) (Aerial photograph). SMO4068.

<4> 2007-2009, Exmoor National Park NMP: SS 74 NW (Archive). SMO7556.

<5> Historic England, Various, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry, 1465376, Extant 10 January 2022 (Digital archive). SEM7987.

Sources and Further Reading

[1]SMO4068 - Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. RAF CPE/UK/1980 (F20) 3052-3 (11 April 1947).
[2]SMO4068 - Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. ENPA MAL 77013 023-4 (20 May 1977).
[3]SMO4068 - Aerial photograph: Various. Various. Vertical Aerial Photograph. NMR OS/95/026 047-8 (12 March 1995).
[4]XYSMO7556 - Archive: 2007-2009. Exmoor National Park NMP: SS 74 NW. MD002173. [Mapped feature: #33035 ]
[5]SEM7987 - Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 1465376, Extant 10 January 2022.

Related records

MMO1941Related to: Possible late prehistoric boundary ditches on Lyn Down (Monument)
MMO1940Related to: Possible prehistoric field boundaries and routes on Lyn Down (Monument)
MDE1246Related to: Roborough Castle (Monument)
MDE1242Related to: Stock Castle (Monument)

Other References

  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Monuments Record reference: SS 74 NW147
  • NRHE HOB UID (Pastscape): 1465376
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Date Last Edited:Jan 10 2022 9:48AM

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