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Summary

A dark semi-circular cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989, is tentatively interpreted as having formed over the ring ditch around a former Bronze Age barrow. It may be associated with a larger ring ditch immediately to the north.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1046390
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/116

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

English Heritage, 1983, NMR 2151, DAP 3536/10A-11 07-JUN-1984 (BO) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357395.

This feature is not visible, although the cropmark of MDV37370 is clear.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6756, DAP 6756/14-15 30-JUN-1989 (ND) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358546.

A dark roughly semi-circular cropmark is visible.

Devon County Council, 1996, DAP/AAL, 9-12 (Aerial Photograph). SDV283814.

This feature is not visible, although the cropmark of MDV37370 is clear.

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

A dark roughly semi-circular cropmark, approximately 1 metre wide and 12 metres across, is visible on specialist oblique aerial photographs taken in 1989. Its location and potential association with two similar features in this area (MDV37370; MDV112469) might support interpretation as the ring ditch of one of three former Bronze Age barrows on this hilltop. As it is only visible on a single run of aerial photographs, and is not visible on other runs on which MDV37370 is clear, interpretation is tentative.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted by the survey are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. In some cases these have been recorded as separate sources. This is because variations in the way the prints have been processed could result in images on which archaeological features are visible to a greater or lesser degree.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV283814	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1996. DAP/AAL. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 9-12.
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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SDV357395	Aerial Photograph: English Heritage. 1983. NMR 2151. NMR Aerial Photograph. Print. DAP 3536/10A-11 07-JUN-1984 (BO).
SDV358546	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6756. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6756/14-15 30-JUN-1989 (ND). [Mapped feature: #71853 ]

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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