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Summary

A pale complex probable soilmark is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989, and part is visible as a dark cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 2010. It superficially resembles a field system of Iron Age or Roman date, but further investigation would be necessary to ascertain its date and character.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89277, OS/89277 V 025-026 14-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356291.

A complex of soilmarks is visible.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0507 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

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

A pale complex probable soilmark is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989, and part is visible as a dark cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 2010. The complex appears to be roughly ladder-shaped, with two parallel linears aligned approximately east to west linked by three linears aligned approximately north to south, at irregular intervals. The probable soilmarks have what appear to be dark drag marks from cultivation across them on the 1989 aerial photographs, suggesting that they could be the remains of levelled banks that had been impacted by the plough. In the 2010 photographs only one of the east-west linears is clearly visible, as a dark cropmark. It superficially resembles a field system of Iron Age or Roman date, but further investigation would be necessary to ascertain its date and character.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0507 22-MAY-2010.
SDV356291	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89277. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89277 V 025-026 14-JUN-1989. [Mapped feature: #68529 ]
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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