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| HER Number: | MDV117310 |
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| Name: | Possible barrow south west of Limers Cross, Dunkeswell parish |
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Summary
A possible ring-ditch was visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1950 on the higher west-facing slopes to the south-west of Limers Cross, Dunkeswell parish. The cropmark might be evidence of a levelled round barrow of Bronze Age date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 141 042 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks of possible Bronze Age barrow about 400 metres south-west of Limers Cross
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROUND BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/534, RAF/541/534 RP 3056-3057 30-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357615.
A pale roughly circular cropmark of a possible levelled earthwork mound was visible enclosed by a narrow and poorly defined darker cropmark of a possible ditch.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A possible ring-ditch was visible as a cropmark 3 to 6 metres wide on aerial photographs of 1950, on the higher west-facing slopes to the south-west of Limers Cross, Dunkeswell parish. The paler enclosed roughly circular area, up to 24 metres in diameter, might be evidence of a levelled mound. The cropmark is interpreted as possibly forming over the levelled earthworks of a round barrow of Bronze Age date. The cropmark was not visible on any other images available to the survey. Further work, such as geophysical survey, is recommended to further clarify the nature of the buried remains.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV357615 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/534. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/534 RP 3056-3057 30-MAY-1950. [Mapped feature: #76609 ] |
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| 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. |
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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)
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:17PM |
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