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| HER Number: | MDV125156 |
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| Name: | Rectilinear Enclosure south of Broomhill Farm Business Park, Abbotskerswell |
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Summary
Dark cropmarks which have formed over the levelled ditches of a rectilinear enclosure of potential late prehistoric or Romano-British date are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 851 676 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX86NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Abbotskerswell |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ABBOTSKERSWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1984, OS/84169, OS/84169 V 080-81 04-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV361724.
Linear and curvilinear dark cropmarks are 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.
Cropmarks which have formed over levelled ditches, circa 2.5m wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984. The cropmarks define the northeast, southwest and northwest sides of a rectilinear enclosure, circa 62m long by 72m long, with an angular corner visible to the northwest. The enclosure is bisected by an extant field boundary of potential medieval date, with those cropmarks within the western land parcel better defined than those within the eastern land parcel, the latter are barely perceptible. A curvilinear and linear cropmark within the eastern corner of the enclosure are also visible, although their origin is uncertain. The morphology of the enclosure supports a late prehistoric or Romano-British date.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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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| SDV361724 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1984. OS/84169. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/84169 V 080-81 04-JUL-1984. [Mapped feature: #116361 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | May 20 2019 11:47AM |
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