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| HER Number: | MDV114381 |
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| Name: | Oval Enclosure west of Tamerton Foliot |
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Summary
Probable later prehistoric or Romano-British ditched enclosure, recorded from cropmarks visible on specialist oblique aerial photographs.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 464 612 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX46SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bickleigh (SH) |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAMERTON FOLIOT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX46SE/50
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OVAL ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Cornwall Archaeological Unit, 2001-2002, Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records, DAP/6724/07 (SX4661/5) (Interpretation). SDV346287.
An oval ditch, 10 by 14 metres wide with a gap of circa 3.5 metres in the north-west side, has been transcribed from photograph DAP/6724/07 (SX4661/5). Its location corresponds to a database record of a cropmark enclosure dated as ‘unknown prehistoric’.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016, Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV359374.
Not previously recorded as part of the cropmark complex MDV28430. The photo reference indicates that the transcription was made from a copy of a Devon Aerial Photograph, held in the NMR (now Historic England Archive).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346287 | Interpretation: Cornwall Archaeological Unit. 2001-2002. Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Transcriptions and Database Records. National Mapping Programme. Map (Digital). DAP/6724/07 (SX4661/5). [Mapped feature: #73717 ] |
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| SDV359374 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016. Backlog Recording of the Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV28430 | Part of: Complex of Enclosures, Field System and Pits to the west of Tamerton Foliot (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6911 - Tamar Valley National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | May 11 2017 12:00AM |
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