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| HER Number: | MDV103345 |
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| Name: | Linear Feature North-West of Barton Close Farm |
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Summary
A possible prehistoric curvilinear ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The limited evidence makes definite interpretation extremely tentative.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 474 414 |
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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: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1501, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1501 3264-3265 13-MAY-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349927.
A dark curvilinear cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A dark cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in May 1946, may have formed over a curvilinear ditch. The cropmark is less than 2 metres in width and could demarcate the position of an enclosure ditch, typically this size and shape could be interpreted as of prehistoric date. The curvilinear cropmark circa 150 metres to the north-east (MDV103343) could possibly be extrapolated to form the opposite side of a putative enclosure ditch. However the cropmark is only visible on a single run of aerial photographs and this limited evidence makes definite interpretation impossible. More work, such as geophysical survey, would be needed to confirm whether any buried archaeological remains are present here.
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: #62818 ] |
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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 30 2012 3:45PM |
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