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HER Number:MDV107673
Name:Ring Ditch North of Doctors Farm

Summary

A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1999 on a gentle south facing slope to the north of Doctors Farm. The ring ditch might be the remains of a round barrow of Bronze Age date.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 047 044
Map Sheet:ST00SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishCullompton
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCULLOMPTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

GetMapping, 1999, 069/99, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4301-4302 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355855.

A small ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.


Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1999 on a gentle south facing slope to the north of Doctors Farm. The cropmark of the ring ditch is circa 2 to 3 metres wide and encloses an area approximately 15 metres in diameter. It is possibly the remains of a round barrow of Bronze Age date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV355855Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 069/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4301-4302 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #67096 ]
SDV356883Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

Date Last Edited:Sep 3 2014 11:05AM