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Summary

Geophysical survey identified a number of archaeological anomalies on land west of Sparkwell Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURE (Unknown date)

Full description

Urmston, Ben, 11/2008, Avon Support Main, between Roborough and Houndall, near Plymouth, Devon. (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV358939.

A geophysical survey was undertaken of a proposed 13km water main between Roborough and Houndall, near Plymouth, Devon. Several sites of archaeological interest were identified. Two complexes of enclosures of clear archaeological potential have been identified, one to the east of Boringdon Camp, a known Iron Age site, and another to the west of Sparkwell. The former comprises two curvilinear enclosures with good evidence for internal features; the latter is rectilinear in form.

A group of anomalies 4055 appears to be a cluster of anomalies flanking a former field boundary oriented approximately northwest to southeast. Curvilinear anomaly 4056 is of probable archaeological interest, although its western extent is masked by the ferrous response of an extant fence line. Elsewhere, isolated anomalies and trends may be of some limited archaeological potential.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6830 - Geophysical Survey, Avon Support Main (Ref: 68262.02)

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