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| HER Number: | MDV11691 |
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| Name: | Prehistoric Camp to the north of Waltersmoor |
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Summary
Site of a simple Iron Age defensive enclosure to the north of Waltersmoor
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 429 089 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS40NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shebbear |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEBBEAR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Iron Age sub-oval enclosure north west of Waltersmoor Cottage
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS40NW/14
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 78/098 1105 (Aerial Photograph). SDV5611.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'Camp (Site of)' shown on 19th century map as a sub-oval feature circa 120 meters long x 84 meters wide with a former field boundary across the northern segment.
Wall, J. C., 1906, Ancient Earthworks, 609 (Article in Monograph). SDV341465.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Pale sub-circular enclosure visible as a crop mark on the 1946-49 Royal Air Force ariel image.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SS40NW2 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV5608.
Site of camp. Classified as a simple defensive enclosure by J Wall. On aerial photograph the circular feature is 70 meters in diameter with a bank 7 meters thick with a concentric outer ditch also 7 meters wide. Nothing is now visible in the grass covered area though the cropmark on the aerial photograph is consistent with a hillslope settlement enclosure of Iron Age type.
Exeter Archaeology, 2006, Archaeological assessment of land at the rear of Barn Close, Shebbear, 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV338106.
Simple defensive enclosure evident as a cropmark.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV338106 | Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2006. Archaeological assessment of land at the rear of Barn Close, Shebbear. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.96. A4 Stapled + Digital. 1. |
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| SDV341465 | Article in Monograph: Wall, J. C.. 1906. Ancient Earthworks. Victoria History of the County of Devon. Hardback Volume. 609. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV5608 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SS40NW2. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV5611 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 78/098 1105. 78/098. Photograph (Paper). |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4196 - Archaeological Assessment at Barn Close, Shebbear
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 29 2020 3:54PM |
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