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Summary

Linear cropmarks visible on aerial photographs at Budlake might be evidence of a ditched field system of later prehistoric or Roman date. The possible field enclosures might have been associated with a triple ditched enclosure immediately to the north and east.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Triple ditched enclosure, possibly of Roman date at Budlake

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 3589, DAP 3589/08-10 15-AUG-1984 (DV) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357126.

Linear cropmarks of ditched boudnaries are visible. Map objects based partly on this source.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/BH, Devon County Council DAP/BH 32 06-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV267544.

Linear cropmarks of ditched boudnaries are visible. Map objects based partly on this source.

DCC, 1987, DAP 5652, DAP 5652/09-11 17-JUL-1987 (IW) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357595.

Linear cropmarks of ditched boudnaries are visible. Map objects based partly on this source.

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

Linear cropmarks visible on aerial photographs at Budlake might be evidence of a rectilinear ditched field system of later prehistoric or Roman date. The possible field enclosures vary between narrow and rectangular to roughly square. The boundaries appear to respect a triple ditched enclosure of probable later prehistoric or Roman date located immediately to the north and east, with those cropmarks to the south-west of the enclosure in particular possibly echoing the form of the outer ditches. This might support the interpretation that the field system might have been associated with the enclosure. A smaller possible rectilinear enclosure is also visible to the east of, and might fall within, the field system.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV267544	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1984. DAP/BH. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council DAP/BH 32 06-JUL-1984.
SDV356883	Interpretation: 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
SDV357126	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 3589. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 3589/08-10 15-AUG-1984 (DV).
SDV357595	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1987. DAP 5652. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5652/09-11 17-JUL-1987 (IW).

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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