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HER Number:MDV123954
Name:Enclosures, Higher Alston Farm Fields, Alston Lane, Churston, Brixham

Summary

A complex of rectilinear cropmark enclosures

Location

Grid Reference:SX 897 552
Map Sheet:SX85NE
Admin AreaTorbay
Civil ParishTorbay
DistrictTorbay
Ecclesiastical ParishCHURSTON FERRERS

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Torbay HER: MTO60028

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.

A complex of rectilinear cropmarks extending over several fields were recorded from the air in 1984.[1]
Nothing was visible on the ground in 1988. [2]


<1> Devon County Council, 1984, DAP/CF 7, DAP/CF 7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV362095.

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<2> Robinson, R., 1988, DPRFP/F 37, F 37 (Photograph). SDV362096.

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Sources / Further Reading

SDV361984SMR record: Torbay HER record.
SDV362095Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP/CF 7. DAP/CF 7.
SDV362096Photograph: Robinson, R.. 1988. DPRFP/F 37. F 37.

Associated Monuments

MDV36924Related to: CROPMARK in the Parish of (Monument)
MDV123902Related to: Enclosures West of Lupton Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7811 - Aerial Photography by Frances Griffith - July 1984
  • EDV7824 - Site visit by Rosemary Robinson - Feb 1988

Date Last Edited:Feb 26 2019 6:54PM