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Summary

Subtle curvilinear earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of 1975 overlooking the slopes of Stanwell Hill, Westward Ho! The earthworks may be the remains of a small sub-circular enclosure or platform of unknown date. The earthworks have been levelled or obscured by a modern housing development.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1975, OS/75144, NMR OS/75144 051-052 24-MAY-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349078.

Subtle earthworks are visible.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:, Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4228 04-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349344.

A housing development obscures the area.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

Subtle curvilinear earthworks are visible on aerial photographs of 1975 in a prominent position overlooking the slopes of Stanwell Hill, Westward Ho! Low earthwork banks appear to define a small sub-circular enclosure or platform up to circa 20 metres in diameter. The form of the earthworks is reflected in the line of curvilinear field boundaries of probable medieval date immediately to the north. However, it is unclear whether the possible earthwork enclosure pre or postdates the enclosure of the field. It is possible they are a later feature, potentially created by the modern cultivation of the field. The earthworks now underlie a modern housing development and have probably been at least partly levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV349078	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1975. OS/75144. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/75144 051-052 24-MAY-1975. [Mapped feature: #61597 ]
SDV349344	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref:. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile Ref: SS4228 04-MAY-2007.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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