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| HER Number: | MDV112719 |
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| Name: | Possible Mortuary Enclosure North-East of Shillingford |
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Summary
A subrectangular dark cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in summer 1999, is tentatively interpreted as having formed over a possible Neolithic mortuary enclosure.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 909 883 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shillingford St. George |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHILLINGFORD ST.GEORGE |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Two prehistoric sub-rectangular, single ditched enclosures south east of Markhams Farm
- SHINE: Earthworks of Catch (water)meadow system and cropmark of possible rectilinear Enclosure
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/97
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- MORTUARY ENCLOSURE? (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC (Between))
Full description
GetMapping, 1999, 102/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/102/99 55-56 25-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352495.
A subrectangular dark cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A subrectangular dark cropmark, circa 11 by 33 metres in plan, is visible on aerial photographs taken in summer 1999. The long sides, circa 2 metres in width, are broadly parallel and appear slightly bowed in layout. The form and prominent location is consistent with an interpretation as a Neolithic mortuary enclosure, the cropmarks having formed over the buried remains of an infilled ditch. However as this feature is visible on only a single run of aerial photographs, and such features are rare in the archaeological record, interpretation is tentative and other interpretations, such as a pillow mound, are possible.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV352495 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 102/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/102/99 55-56 25-JUL-1999. [Mapped feature: #72087 ] |
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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: | Apr 27 2018 5:24PM |
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