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Summary

A possible ditch defined square enclosure of probable late prehistoric to Roman date is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 1999 as cropmarks on south facing slopes overlooking the head of a combe east of Greenslinch Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Get Mapping, 1999, GM/121/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 355-356 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355055.

A square cropmark enclosure is visible.

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

Rectilinear cropmarks defining a possible double-ditch defined square enclosure circa 36 metres across are visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 1999 as cropmarks on south facing slopes overlooking the head of a combe east of Greenslinch Farm. The enclosure is of probable late prehistoric to Roman date. A possible entrance can be seen interrupting the ditch defining the eastern side of the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV355055	Aerial Photograph: Get Mapping. 1999. GM/121/99. Get Mapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 355-356 24-JUL-1999. [Mapped feature: #67734 ]
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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