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Summary

A U-shaped enclosure of possible Neolithic to Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the lower slopes overlooking the River Culm at Potter’s Elm, Silverton.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditches, enclosures and linears north west of Brookford Lodge

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions (Cartographic). SDV344181.

Map object previously based on this Source.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6762, DAP 6762/13-15 04-JUL-1989 (NO) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357383.

A possibly u-shaped cropmark enclosure was visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Griffith, F. M., 1996, DAP/AAR, Devon County Council DAP/AAR 14-15 20-JUL-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV321073.

A possibly u-shaped cropmark enclosure was visible. Map object based partly on this source.

National Monuments Record, 2011, 1044588 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV346157.

An ovoid enclosure, presumably two round barrows within one ditch, visible as cropmark at SS98620204 and a similar ovoid feature at SS98630203. Other details: SS90SE4. Record last updated: N/A.

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

An enclosure of possible Neolithic to Bronze Age date was visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the lower slopes overlooking the River Culm at Potter’s Elm, Silverton. The site was incompletely visible, truncated on its long axis by the road named Lease Hill. The visible cropmark of a ditch is approximately 2 metres wide, defining a U-shaped enclosure almost 50 metres in length, open at its south-western end. A second smaller oval enclosure was located less than 5 metres to the north-east. It is possible these features enclosed multiple barrow mounds, as suggested by a previous authority, or that they were mortuary enclosure of Neolithic date that acted as a focus for probably Bronze Age barrows, the ring ditches of which are recorded further to the north.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV321073	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1996. DAP/AAR. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council DAP/AAR 14-15 20-JUL-1996.
SDV344181	Cartographic: Devon County Council. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Map (Digital).
SDV346157	National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2011. 1044588. National Monuments Record Database. Website.
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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SDV357383	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6762. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6762/13-15 04-JUL-1989 (NO).

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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