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| HER Number: | MDV113151 |
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| Name: | Ring Ditch North of Thorverton Road, Alphington |
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Summary
A dark ring-shaped cropmark is visible on a single run of aerial photographs taken in 1992, and is likely to have formed over a prehistoric ring-ditch. The site has been redeveloped since, but below-ground remains may survive.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 929 898 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exeter |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EXMINSTER |
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Protected Status: none recorded
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
Ordnance Survey, 1992, OS/92196 V, OS/92196 V 086-087 14-Jun-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355002.
A dark incomplete ring shaped cropmark is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A dark, incomplete ring-shaped cropmark, circa 1 metre wide enclosing an area of approximately 15 metres diameter, is visible on a single run of aerial photographs taken in 1992. Poorly defined areas of darker crops, caused by natural variation in moisture content, make the east side difficult to distinguish. Its proximity to the barrow cemetery, circa a kilometre to the south-west, could point toward a possible interpretation as the ring ditch of a Bronze Age barrow. The area has been developed since 1992, but below-ground impacts may have been limited.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355002 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92196 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/92196 V 086-087 14-Jun-1992. [Mapped feature: #72491 ] |
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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: | Aug 18 2015 12:40PM |
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