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| HER Number: | MDV102363 |
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| Name: | Cropmark enclosure, south-east of High Park Farm |
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Summary
A cropmark visible on aerial photographs of 1979 to the south-east of High Park Farm is possibly forming over the remains of a small bank defined rectilinear enclosure, of unknown date and function.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 424 246 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Littleham |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LITTLEHAM |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks of rectangular enclosure of unknown date to south-west of High Park
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
Full description
William Bean (?) of Bideford, 1841, Map of the parish of Littleham in the County of Devon 1841 (Cartographic). SDV349455.
The cropmark does not correspond with any feature depicted.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The cropmark does not correspond with any feature depicted.
Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79010, NMR OS/79010 155-156 16-APR-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349083.
A pale rectangular cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A cropmark visible on aerial photographs of 1971, situated on a south facing slope adjacent to a spring-fed stream to the south-east of High Park Farm, is possibly forming over the remains of a small bank defined rectilinear enclosure, approximately 18 by 10 metres in size. The cropmark is not visible on any other aerial photographs available to the survey. It also does not correspond with any depicted features on the 1841 tithe map for Littleham or the Ordnance Survey 25 inch first edition map published by circa 1890. The date and function of the feature are unknown.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| 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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| SDV349083 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79010. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/79010 155-156 16-APR-1979. |
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| SDV349455 | Cartographic: William Bean (?) of Bideford. 1841. Map of the parish of Littleham in the County of Devon 1841. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 29 2012 5:08PM |
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