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HER Number: | MDV120589 |
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Name: | Enclosure, east of Warren Farm, Highampton |
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Summary
An earthwork bank of a curvilinear enclosure of potential prehistoric date is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1955, to the east of Warren Farm, Highampton.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 498 034 |
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Map Sheet: | SS40SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Highampton |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | HIGHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.
Transcriptions of a curvilinear bank correspond to the grid reference for PRN167566.
Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN167566 (Interpretation). SDV358473.
A curvilinear univallate enclosure, 44m in diameter, is visible as a low, horseshoe-shaped bank on aerial photographs (p1) and was digitally plotted as part of the National Mapping Programme. The date and function of this feature are uncertain but it is possibly prehistoric in origin. It lies within an area classed as rough ground in the Historic Landscape Characterisation for Devon.
Photograph reference:
1. RAF 82/1199/F21/060&1 25-MAY-1955
Sources / Further Reading
SDV321540 | Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Plot of Cropmarks. Digital. [Mapped feature: #79827 ] |
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SDV358473 | Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. PRN167566. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme
Date Last Edited: | Jan 4 2018 11:05AM |
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