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HER Number:MDV108634
Name:Ring Ditch East of Heal-eye Stream

Summary

A ring ditch of probable later prehistoric to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark overlooking the Culm valley from a south-facing spur, east of Heal-eye Stream.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 968 018
Map Sheet:SS90SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSilverton
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSILVERTON

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Prehistoric irregular ditched enclosure located in slight hollow and linears east of Hayne House

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
  • ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
  • ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Next Perspectives, 2006, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9601 03-JUN-2006 (IR) (Aerial Photograph). SDV351300.

A ring ditch is visible.

National Monument Record, 2010, NMR 27249, NMR 27249/15 28-JUN-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357511.

A ring ditch is visible.

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

A ring ditch of probable later prehistoric to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark overlooking the Culm valley from a south-facing spur, east of Heal-eye Stream. The cropmark is approximately 2 metres wide and encloses an area up to 14 metres in diameter. No evidence of an entrance or break in the riing ditch can clearly be identified. The function of the ring ditch is unclear; it could be interpreted as evidence of a round house of Iron Age to Roman date, perhaps associated with the enclosures immediately to the east, or as evidence of a round barrow of Bronze Age date.

Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE63 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.

(SS 96896 01902) Enclosure, ring ditches and linears east of Hayne House. Enclosure MDV56073 and ring ditches MDV108634, MDV108645, MDV108646 and MDV108648 are visible on the 2018 Google Earth aerial photograph. Further linears are also evident. Bronze Age to Romano-British date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351300Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2006. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photograph. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SS9601 03-JUN-2006 (IR). [Mapped feature: #67988 ]
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
SDV357511Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 2010. NMR 27249. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR 27249/15 28-JUN-2010.

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:Mar 26 2020 2:32PM