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| HER Number: | MDV112674 |
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| Name: | Rectilinear Enclosure South of Courtneys Farm, Clyst St. Lawrence |
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Summary
A possible rectilinear enclosure potentially of Neolithic to Bronze Age date was visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as cropmarks forming over a buried ditch on south-east facing slopes to the south of Courtneys Farm, Clyst St. Lawrence.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 040 995 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY09NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Clyst St. Lawrence |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CLYST ST.LAWRENCE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89277, OS/89277 V 35-36 14-Jun-89 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356291.
A curvilinear and rectilinear cropmark was visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A possible rectilinear enclosure was visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as cropmarks forming over a buried ditch on south-east facing slopes to the south of Coutneys Farm, Clyst St. Lawrence.
The cropmark of the ditch was between 2 and 4 metres wide and possibly defined an enclosed area at least 55 metres long, west to east, and circa 20 metres wide, north to south. The eastern end of the possible enclosure is curved in plan and a break in the cropmark might be evidence of an entrance approximately 7 metres wide. No internal features were identified.
The function of the possible enclosure is unknown but it might be evidence of a ritual or ceremonial enclosure potentially of Neolithic to Bronze Age date.
The enclosure was not visible on other images available to the survey and further work such as geophysical survey is recommended to characterise the nature and extent of any buried archaeology.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356291 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89277. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89277 V 35-36 14-Jun-89. [Mapped feature: #72043 ] |
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| 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)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 23 2015 6:03PM |
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