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HER Number:MDV103521
Name:Enclosure West of Shorstone Farm

Summary

A subcircular enclosure is visible as a cropmark hollow with external bank on aerial photographs taken in 1946, and is interpreted as prehistoric in date.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 253 174
Map Sheet:SS21NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWelcombe
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWELCOMBE

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Cropmarks of mounds forming part of a probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery to west of Shorstone Farm

Other References/Statuses

  • MORPH: DE.122.6.1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4016-4017 12-OCT-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.


Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.

A subcircular enclosure defined by 1 ditch, 1 bank, diameter 19m. Mapped as a cropmark hollow with external bank from aerial photographs taken in 1946. Interpreted as a prehistoric enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349050Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1793. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4016-4017 12-OCT-1946. [Mapped feature: #63026 ]
SDV350748Archive - Survey: Cornwall County Council. 2002. Cornwall National Mapping Programme.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Apr 11 2019 4:06PM