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Summary

A ring ditch approximately 10 metres in diameter is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1975, on the gentle south-facing slopes of a spur overlooking the broad head of the Staplake Brook combe to the south. The ring ditch may be the remains of a round house of later prehistoric to Roman date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric square enclosure, another possible enclosure ring ditch and linears west of Vennbridge Cottage

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SE/32

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD)

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

On cuc air photograph, a square enclosure with apparent entrance in se is visible as a positive cropmark. One corner of another possible enclosure is visible, also a circular feature (ring ditch or hut circle?) and a few linear marks. There are also cropmarks suggesting the removal of a hedge within the existing field pattern (griffith). Vis=9/9/1982 (os) no evidence of the cropmarks can be seen on the ground, an area of stubble undersown with grass. In common with other rectilinear and square enclosure cropmarks in the parish the situation occupies a flattish broad and low ridge. Vis=23/3/1989 (robinson). Level ridge top, nothing visible. Tm shows many transverse long narrow fields across area (dprfp).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV307617.

Osa=sx98se18.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV307618.

Des=dprfp 1989(and photos l 16-17).

Cambridge University, 1975, CUC/BUO, CUCAP BUO 36-37 18-JUL-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV237834.

Cropmark of a ring ditch is visible.

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

A ring ditch approximately 10 metres in diameter is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1975, on the gentle south-facing slopes of a spur overlooking the broad head of the Staplake Brook combe to the south. The cropmark is between 1.5 metres and 2 metres wide and encloses an area approximately 6 metres in diameter. The cropmark is somewhat indistinct and no entrance can be confidently identified. Nonetheless, the close association of the ring ditch with the two rectilinear enclosures immediately to the north might support the interpretation of the cropmark as the remains of a round house of later prehistoric to Roman date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV237834	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1975. CUC/BUO. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). CUCAP BUO 36-37 18-JUL-1975. [Mapped feature: #64971 ]
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV307617	Migrated Record:
SDV307618	Migrated Record:
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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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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