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| HER Number: | MDV121079 |
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| Name: | Possible Round House, Hembury Hillfort |
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Summary
Geopysical survey recorded a group of anomalies which may represent a round house.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 112 031 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Payhembury |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PAYHEMBURY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (LANEBA to Late Iron Age - 2500 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Griffith, F. M. + Wilkes, E. M., 2016, Hembury, Payhembury Fort, Devon: Geophysical Survey (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV360861.
A sample survey to explore the potential of two geophysical survey techniques at Hembury Fort was conducted by this team in May 2015. This confirmed the usefulness of both magnetic gradiometry and earth resistance techniques within the hillfort. Vegetation clearance at the time of that survey had opened up some areas of the interior for survey, but much of it, particularly in the southern half of the site, remained inaccessible. A further survey was undertaken in 2016 when conditions were more favourable.
The earth resistance survey was undertaken over a small area in the north of the hillfort interior in order to assess whether features of Roman date excavated by Todd (1984a; 1984b; 2007) could be detected. Nine 30m x 30m squares were surveyed within the same grid as the magnetic gradiometer survey. There was some overlap with the area surveyed with this technique in 2015.
The anomaly group (rE) is very similar form to other anomaly groups thought to be features associated with round houses (see MDV121053). This is anomlay group is circa 5 metres diameter. The locations of these features are typical of round houses on other multivallate 'Wessex' hillforts , being in the lee of the rampart.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV360861 | Report - Geophysical Survey: Griffith, F. M. + Wilkes, E. M.. 2016. Hembury, Payhembury Fort, Devon: Geophysical Survey. Digital. [Mapped feature: #111972 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7504 - Geophysical Survey; Hembury, Payhembury Fort, Devon
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 20 2018 11:29AM |
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