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Summary

Curvilinear cropmarks of possible earthwork bank defined enclosures of unknown date are visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2006 and 2010, on the west-facing slopes east of Cumberland Wood, Kenton. No evidence of earthwork banks can be seen on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 and the cropmarks might be natural in origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The visible earthworks do not closely correspond with any features depicted on the Tithe map for Kenton.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX9283 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

No evidence of banks was visible as earthworks.

Google, 2017, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-JUN-2006 ACCESSED 15-JUN-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDV360456.

Cropmarks of possible levelled banks were visible.

Google, 2017, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2010 ACCESSED 15-JUN-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDV360456.

Cropmarks of possible levelled banks were visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Curvilinear cropmarks of possible levelled banks are visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2006 and 2010, on the west-facing slopes east of Cumberland Wood, Kenton. The cropmarks are up to 10m wide and up to 255m long, the curvilinear cropmarks defining possible irregularly shaped enclosures or linear boundaries. No evidence of earthwork banks can be seen on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017. The cropmarks do not correspond closely with any boundaries or enclosures depicted on the 19th century maps available to the survey, although it is possible they loosely correspond with the dashed boundaries of areas of brake (1571, 1573), or secondary woodland, within the surrounding plot (1572). It is perhaps more probable that the visible cropmarks are natural features caused by differential soil-moisture deficit derived from natural drainage horizons along the slopes in the local topography, as visible on the lidar derived imagery. However, further work such as geophysical survey is recommended to clarify the character of these features.

Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE96 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.

(SX 92699 83403) Enclosures and linears east of Cumberland Wood. Possible enclosures visible on the 2018 Google Earth aerial photographs. Banks MDV122408 are evident. Two further sub-rectangular enclosures and linears evident to the north. Bronze Age to Romano-British in date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV360456	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2017. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-JUN-2006 ACCESSED 15-JUN-2018. [Mapped feature: #112418 ]
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV361470	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2017. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SX9283 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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