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Summary

A ring ditch of probable late prehistoric to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of the 1970s and 1990s as a narrow cropmark east of the River Exe, to the south of Latchmoor Green.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric or Romano-British rectilinear and curvilinear ditched enclosures, ring ditches, water channel, pits, linears, pits and artefact scatters south of Rudway Barton

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Cambridge University, 1975, CUCAP BTS, CUCAP BTS86 03-JUL-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV2407.

A circular cropmark is visible.

Devon County Council, 1990, DAP 6812, DAP 6812/08 24-MAY-1990 (QS) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358026.

A circular cropmark is visible.

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

A narrow ring ditch nearly 17 metres in diameter is visible on aerial photographs of the 1970s and 1990s as a narrow cropmark on the floodplain of the River Exe, roughly 150 metres to the south of Latchmoor Green.
The narrowness of the cropmark, on average less than 1 metre wide, might support the interpretation that it was formed by the drip gulley of a round house of late prehistoric to Roman date rather than the ditch enclosing a barrow. A possible break of circa 5 metres on the south edge of the cropmark might be evidence of an entrance.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV2407	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1975. CUCAP BTS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). CUCAP BTS86 03-JUL-1975. [Mapped feature: #70142 ]
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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SDV358026	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1990. DAP 6812. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6812/08 24-MAY-1990 (QS).

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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