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| HER Number: | MDV103341 |
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| Name: | Possible Enclosure North-East of Barton Close Farm |
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Summary
A possible later prehistoric or Roman enclosure is visible as a very indistinct dark cropmark on aerial photographs taken in May 1946. The limited evidence makes definite interpretation impossible and more work would be needed to confirm whether any buried archaeological remains are present here.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 477 416 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS44SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Mortehoe |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MORTEHOE |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks visible of double-ditched enclosure of Iron Age or Roman date between Higher Spreacombe and Barton Close
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD)
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3264-3265 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.
Two concentric rectilinear cropmarks are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A very indistinct dark cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in May 1946, may have formed over levelled ditches. The cropmarks appear to conform to a playing card shape 120 metres by more than 135 metres, although only parts of the east and west sides, and a short section of a possible southern return, are visible. There appear to be two concentric ditches, 3 metres wide and 14 metres apart. The shape is consistent with an interpretation as an enclosure of later prehistoric or Roman date, but the limited evidence makes definite interpretation impossible, especially as the cropmarks were observed on only one run of aerial photographs. More work, such as geophysical survey, would be needed to confirm whether any buried archaeological remains are present or survive.
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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| SDV349927 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1501. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3264-3265 13-MAY-1946. [Mapped feature: #62814 ] |
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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: | Jan 16 2013 12:45PM |
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