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Summary

A circular cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1959, may be associated with the field system and several enclosures in this area and therefore of Romano-British or possible earlier date. By 1975 part had been destroyed by a road cutting, but the rest remains visible on subsequent aerial photographs taken up until 1999.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002652: Enclosures NE of Peamore Cottage
• SHINE: Pond Farm. Romano-British farmstead, prehistoric or Romano-British enclosures, ring ditches, pits and linears north west of Little Silver Plantation

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 447911
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/31
• Old SAM County Ref: 985

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD)

Full description

Cambridge University, 1959, CUC/ZS, Devon County Council CUCAP ZS88 06-JUL-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV321048.

The southern part of a circular feature is visible as a dark curvilinear cropmark.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/543/2332, RAF/543/2332 2F21 0102-0103 26-Jul-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354847.

A pale circular cropmark is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Cambridge University, 1975, CUCAP BTS, Devon County Council CUCAP BTS050 & 052 03-JUL-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV2407.

A dark annular cropmark is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Get Mapping, 1999, GM/121/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 479-480 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355055.

The southern part of a circular feature is visible as a dark curvilinear cropmark.

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

A circular cropmark, circa 2.5 metres wide enclosing an area of approximately 40 metres diameter, is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1959 and 1999, although the north-eastern part had been destroyed by a large road cutting before the summer of 1975. Its proximity to the several enclosures and field system in this area would point toward a possible Romano-British date, but this feature could well be earlier.
This feature was originally recorded as part of MDV10043, which contains details of additional aerial photograph sources relating to this extensive area of field system and cropmark enclosures.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV2407	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1975. CUCAP BTS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council CUCAP BTS050 & 052 03-JUL-1975.
SDV321048	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1959. CUC/ZS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council CUCAP ZS88 06-JUL-1959.
SDV354847	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/543/2332. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/543/2332 2F21 0102-0103 26-Jul-1963.
SDV355055	Aerial Photograph: Get Mapping. 1999. GM/121/99. Get Mapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 479-480 24-JUL-1999.
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

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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