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| HER Number: | MDV113240 |
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| Name: | Possible Curvilinear Enclosure in Exminster |
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Summary
A curvilinear dark cropmark and two ring-shaped cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984, are tentatively interpreted as having formed over the buried ditches of a curvilinear enclosure and associated structures of later prehistoric or Roman date. The area has since been developed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 948 873 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exminster |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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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
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1984, OS/84168, OS/84168 V 004-005 03-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354845.
A dark curvilinear cropmark and two smaller ring-shaped cropmarks are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A curvilinear dark cropmark, circa 2 metres wide and nearly 50 metres in diameter, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984. A smaller ring-shaped cropmark of 10 metres diameter within it, and another 12 metres in diameter to the east, are also visible. It is possible that the cropmarks formed over buried ditches of a curvilinear enclosure of later prehistoric or Roman date, the ring-shaped cropmarks perhaps indicating smaller circular structures. However they are only visible on a single run of the available aerial photographs and caution must be applied in interpretation. The entire area has since been developed.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV354845 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1984. OS/84168. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/84168 V 004-005 03-JUL-1984. [Mapped feature: #72573 ] |
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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: | Dec 2 2015 5:24PM |
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