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| HER Number: | MDV117965 |
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| Name: | Ring ditch, northwest of Middlecott Farm, Sheldon |
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Summary
A ring ditch of potential prehistoric date is visible as an earthwork ditched feature on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, on gentle northeast facing slope, to the northwest of Middlecott Farm.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 102 082 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sheldon |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHELDON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
- RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4292-4293 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
Cropmarks of a circular feature are visible.
Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST1008 Bluesky International DTM 27-JUN-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.
The ring ditch is visible as a narrow earthwork 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 ring ditch of potential prehistoric date is visible as an earthwork ditched feature on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, on gentle northeast facing slope, to the northwest of Middlecott Farm. The earthwork ditch is only very faintly defined on lidar. It comprises a narrow ditch, approximately 2m in width which forms a sub-circular ring, approximately 21m in diameter. A circular cropmark is also visible here on aerial photographs of 1947, which adds weight to this feature being of likely archaeological origin, perhaps the outer ditch of a former ploughed out prehistoric burial mound.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4292-4293 11-APR-1947. |
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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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| SDV359714 | Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST1008 Bluesky International DTM 27-JUN-2016. [Mapped feature: #77242 ] |
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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 1:23PM |
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