HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV113239
Name:Possible Ring Ditch North-West of Hall Farm

Summary

A roughly ring-shaped cropmark with internal feature is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984. In form it resembles a ring ditch with a relatively wide ditch and internal pit, but interpretation is tentative as this feature is not visible on any other available aerial photographs.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 940 874
Map Sheet:SX98NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishExminster
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishEXMINSTER

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • RING DITCH? (Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

No features are depicted in this exact location.


Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

No features are depicted in this exact location.


Ordnance Survey, 1984, OS/84168, OS/84168 V 004-005 03-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354845.

A dark ring-shaped cropmark, with a dark centre, is visible.


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

A roughly ring-shaped dark cropmark, up to 3 metres in width and circa 25 metres in diameter, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984. The northern part is not discernible and appears to be obscured by a field boundary. An internal dark cropmark of approximately 7 metres diameter is also visible. In form it resembles a ring ditch with a relatively wide ditch and internal pit, but interpretation is tentative as this feature is not visible on any other available aerial photographs.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV354845Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1984. OS/84168. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/84168 V 004-005 03-JUL-1984. [Mapped feature: #72572 ]
SDV356883Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1

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:Dec 2 2015 5:25PM