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Summary

A possible banked enclosure of largely unknown origin is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the northeast of Watchford Farm, Yarcombe.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• ENCLOSURE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1971, RAF/39/3821, RAF/39/3821 V 271-72 29-OCT-1971 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359591.

Earthwork banks are visible.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2311 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Earthwork banks are visible.

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 banked enclosure of largely unknown origin is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of 1971 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016, to the northeast of Watchford Farm, Yarcombe. The three-sided enclosure measures at least 70m in length by approximately 47m in width, with an 8m wide bank, and is situated on gentle sloping ground, on the edge of a steep northwest sloping scarp. The eastern edge of the enclosure is not visible and has possibly been truncated by a clay pit (MDV47453). It is situated alongside probable post-medieval field boundaries (MDV118632). The origin of this enclosure is largely unknown, although could be of potential prehistoric date, given that the immediate area forms part of an important funerary landscape, or is of potential medieval date.

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
SDV359591	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1971. RAF/39/3821. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/39/3821 V 271-72 29-OCT-1971.
SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2311 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016. [Mapped feature: #77907 ]

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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