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| HER Number: | MDV103248 |
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| Name: | Pit Alignment South of Brinscott Farm |
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Summary
A probable pit alignment of likely late prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1976 on a north-facing combe slope to the south of Brinscott Farm. The cropmarks are not visible on later aerial photographs available to the survey.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 586 434 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS54SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | East Down |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EAST DOWN |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks of enclosure and linear features of possible Roman or Iron Age date to north-east of Highlands
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PIT ALIGNMENT (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1976, MAL/76048, NMR MAL/76048 221-222 25-JUN-1976 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350659.
A row of 16 to 18 small oval cropmark pits are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A roughly north-east to south-west orientated probable pit alignment of late prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1976 on a north-facing combe slope to the south of Brinscott Farm. At least sixteen roughly circular or oval cropmarks can be seen, measuring on average between three and four metres across and spaced between seven and nine metres apart over a distance of approximately 130 metres. Similar pit alignments identified elsewhere in Britain have been interpreted as possible agricultural land division boundaries of Iron Age date. The possible pit alignment overlays, or is overlain by, two conjoined square ditched enclosures also visible as cropmarks and interpreted as being of late prehistoric date or Roman date. The cropmarks are not visible on aerial photographs available to the survey taken in later years.
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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| SDV350659 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. MAL/76048. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR MAL/76048 221-222 25-JUN-1976. [Mapped feature: #62734 ] |
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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: | Nov 22 2012 11:35AM |
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