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Summary

A narrow dark curvilinear ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs from 1959. The ditch is between 1.5 and 3 metres in width, forming a roughy circular enclosure with a gap of 8 metres in the east side that could be an entrance. Although the ditch is very narrow, the overall form and siting of the cropmark is consistent with an interpretation of this feature as a later prehistoric or Romano-British enclosed settlement. The area in which the cropmark is situated is more mottled in tone than the rest of the field, which could indicate that agricultural activity had caused some unusual cropmark effects. Therefore any interpretation must be tentative, especially since the cropmark is visible on only a single run of aerial photographs.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SUB CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1959, RAF/58/2984, NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0035-0036 30-JUN-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349064.

A narrow dark curvilinear cropmark ditch is visible.

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

A narrow dark curvilinear ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs from 1959. The ditch is between 1.5 and 3 metres in width, forming a roughy circular enclosure with a gap of 8 metres in the east side that could be an entrance. Although the ditch is very narrow, the overall form and siting of the cropmark is consistent with an interpretation of this feature as a later prehistoric or Romano-British enclosed settlement. The area in which the cropmark is situated is more mottled in tone than the rest of the field, which could indicate that agricultural activity had caused some unusual cropmark effects. Therefore any interpretation must be tentative, especially since the cropmark is visible on only a single run of aerial photographs.

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.
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SDV349064	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1959. RAF/58/2984. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/58/2984 F22 0035-0036 30-JUN-1959. [Mapped feature: #61664 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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