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Summary

Cropmarks which have formed over an infilled ditch of an oval shaped enclosure are visible on aerial photographs of 1976, to the west of Lifton Park Farm. The date of the enclosure is unknown, but may be of possible prehistoric date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• OVAL ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, OS 76 162/001&2 OS 6/8/76 (Interpretation). SDV346287.

Cropmarks which have formed over an infilled ditch of an enclosure of unknown, but possibly prehistoric, date are visible on aerial photographs of 1976, to the west of Lifton Park Farm.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.

An oval shaped enclosure which measures approximately 50m in length by 37m in width, with possible entrance along its eastern side. The enclosure is located on gentle southwest facing slope, on land overlooking the River Lyd.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme

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