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Summary

A possible round barrow of Bronze Age date was visible on digital images derived from lidar data as an earthwork mound or ringwork on a slight plateau on the east-facing slopes south of Ridge Court, Stockland parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2201 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

A roughly circular pale cropmark was visible.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 01-JUN-2006 ACCESSED 03-AUG-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

A roughly circular pale cropmark was visible.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 30-APR-2013 ACCESSED 03-AUG-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

A roughly circular pale cropmark was visible.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2201 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

A roughly circular mound or bank with external ditch was visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

An earthwork mound or ringwork almost 20 metres in diameter was visible on digital images derived from lidar data on a slight plateau on the east-facing slopes south of Ridge Court, Stockland parish. A hollow or pit circa 8 metres in diameter was visible in the centre of the earthwork. It is unclear from the lidar data alone whether the earthwork was made as a ringwork or a mound that was subsequently excavated. A possible outer ditch up to 3 metres wide can also be identified from the lidar imagery. The feature could not be identified as an earthwork on any other imagery available to the survey, but a slight pale cropmark corresponding with the location of the earthwork was noted on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken from 2006 to 2014. The earthworks have been tentatively interpreted as evidence of a possible round barrow of Bronze Age date, with a similar if smaller monument 70 metres to the south. Further investigations such as geophysical survey are recommended to further characterise these sites.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2201 08-SEP-2014.
SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 30-APR-2013 ACCESSED 03-AUG-2016.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2201 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016. [Mapped feature: #75078 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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