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Summary

Cropmarks and possible earthworks of a circular feature of potential prehistoric date are indistinctly visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and digital images of 2002 and 2006, to the south of Beech Grove, Hemyock.

Location

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? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RS 4079-80 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Pale cropmarks of a circular feature are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/534, RAF/541/534 RS 4077-78 30-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357615.

A circular feature is visible as a pale cropmark, possibly also visible as a banked earthwork.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 30-MAR-2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2006 ACCESSED 30-MAR-2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

A pale circular ring cropmark is visible.

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

Cropmarks and possible earthworks of a circular feature of potential prehistoric date are indistinctly visible on aerial photographs of 1947 onwards and digital images of 2002 and 2006, to the south of Beech Grove, Hemyock. The circular feature is visible as a pale cropmark on aerial photographs of 1947 and 1950, although the latter photographs also possibly show the feature to survive as an earthwork bank or mound. Digital images of 2002 most clearly illustrate the form of this feature as a sub circular pale cropmark, perhaps of a levelled mound approximately 15m in diameter which is partly enclosed by a narrow bank. Later digital images of 2006 show pale cropmarks of this possible outer bank. Whilst the form of this feature is largely uncertain, it would appear to resemble a prehistoric earthwork and has tentatively been interpreted as a barrow. A site visit is recommended to help establish more fully whether any earthworks survive here.

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 4079-80 11-APR-1947.
SDV357615	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/534. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/534 RS 4077-78 30-MAY-1950.
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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SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 30-MAR-2017. [Mapped feature: #78191 ]

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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