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| HER Number: | MDV122004 |
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| Name: | Roman Marching Camp, near Falcadon Farm and south-west of a Roman Fort, Sampford Courtenay |
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Summary
Square enclosure visible as a cropmark. The cropmark may represent a Roman Marching Camp.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 654 998 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sampford Courtenay |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SAMPFORD COURTENAY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ARMY CAMP? (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Cropmark visible as an enclosure. South and west linears are more prominent.
Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2014, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV359715.
Cropmark visible as a square enclosure. Outer ditch is visible, particularly along the southern linear.
GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.
Cropmark visible as an enclosure. The south linear is very prominent, the rest of the enclosure makes up partially visible linears.
Kaye, S, 2018, Possible Marching Camp, North Tawton (Interpretation). SDV361112.
Crop mark visible as a square enclosure on Lidar. The enclosure may represent a Roman camp. It is located less than 1 kilometre to the south-west of a Scheduled Roman Military Camp.
The cropmark appears to have rounded corners and an outer ditch but is poorly imaged. The north and south linears measure 158 metres and the east and west linears measure 150 metres. No field boundaries are present on historic mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV351585 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2010. GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs. Getmapping. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV359715 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2014. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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| SDV361112 | Interpretation: Kaye, S. 2018. Possible Marching Camp, North Tawton. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 23 2018 12:00PM |
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