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Summary

A possible segment of Roman road is visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1928. An adjacent section may be marked by the relict remains of later boundary banks, visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 960332

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ROAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

A curvilinear road is depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

A curvilinear road is depicted and marked as 'Site of ROMAN ROAD'.

Aerofilms, 1928, Aerofilms LTD Oblique Aerial Photography (AFL 60516), AFL 60516/EPW023972 XX-SEP-1928 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351161.

A wide pale cropmark and adjacent narrow dark cropmark is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2431, RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3199-3200 22-JAN-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359315.

Two linear earthwork banks are visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2998 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Two linear earthwork banks are visible. Map object partly based on this source.

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

A road depicted on the 19th century mapping and named as ‘Site of Roman Road’ on the late-19th century OS map, appears to be visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial imagery. Two banks of approximately 1.5 metres wide and 6 metres apart are visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. These correspond to the edges of Roman road depicted on the historic mapping, and may have been boundary banks established either side of the pre-existing roadway. To the west of this location, on an aerial photograph taken in 1928, a wide pale cropmark is visible, roughly corresponding to the line of the road and 3.5 metres wide. Along its northern boundary a dark cropmark circa 1.5 metres wide is visible. It is possible that these cropmarks formed over the buried remains of the Roman road surface and a roadside ditch. However interpretation is tentative as these features are not visible on any of the other available aerial imagery.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project Site Visit, 19-JAN-2017 (Site Visit). SDV359588.

The earthwork banks, with a possible slight ditch between them, are visible. No agger could be identified, suggesting that it had been removed, or that the earthworks are part of a routeway of later date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV351161	Aerial Photograph: Aerofilms. 1928. Aerofilms LTD Oblique Aerial Photography (AFL 60516). NMR Aerial Photograph. Digital. AFL 60516/EPW023972 XX-SEP-1928.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2998 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
SDV359315	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2431. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2431 RP 3199-3200 22-JAN-1948.
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
SDV359588	Site Visit: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project Site Visit. AC Archaeology. Photograph (Digital). 19-JAN-2017.
	Linked images:18

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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