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Summary

A curvilinear cropmark of a possible ditched enclosure is visible on aerial photographs of 2002, west of Oddicombe beach. It is possible the cropmark is evidence of a parkland feature of post-medieval or modern date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
• TREE ENCLOSURE RING? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

National Monument Record, 2002, NMR 21786, NMR 21786/24 16-AUG-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352299.

A narrow curvilinear cropmark is visible.

Turner, S.C., 2005 - 2006, Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping (Cartographic). SDV349122.

Historic Landscape Characterisation characterises the field in which the cropmark is visible as ‘medieval enclosure based on strip fields’; land to the north and south of this field is characterised as former parkland.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A curvilinear cropmark of a possible ditched enclosure is visible on aerial photographs of 2002 on the south-east facing slopes of a coastal combe, west of Oddicombe beach. The cropmark, visible as a narrow semi-circle approximately 10 metres in diameter, appears to be cut by a line of established hedgerow trees. Historic Landscape Characterisation characterises the field in which the cropmark is visible as ‘medieval enclosure based on strip fields’, which could support the interpretation that the possible enclosure predates the enclosure of the field. However, land to the north and south of this field is characterised as former parkland, probably associated with Hampton House (now Abbey School) to the south-west. It is therefore possible that this cropmark is forming over the remains of a former parkland feature of post-medieval or modern date, and it is this interpretation which is favoured here.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349122	Cartographic: Turner, S.C.. 2005 - 2006. Devon Historic Landscape Characterisation Mapping. Digital.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV352299	Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 2002. NMR 21786. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR 21786/24 16-AUG-2002.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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