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Summary

Cropmarks of levelled ditches which define two adjacent rectilinear enclosures of likely late prehistoric or Romano-British date are visible on digital images derived from oblique aerial photographs taken in 2018.

Location

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

National Monument Record, 2018, NMR 33542, HEA 33542/40 19-JUL-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDV362911.

A series of cropmarks is 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 (Interpretation). SDV361305.

A series of cropmarks which have formed over levelled ditches, between 2-5m wide, is visible on digital images derived from oblique aerial photographs taken in 2018. The northwest to southeast and northeast to southwest aligned cropmarks partly define the northwest extents of two adjacent rectilinear enclosures. That to the southwest is possibly double-ditched and measures at least 75m long by circa 50m wide, with that to the northeast circa 53m wide, with clearly defined entrance-way along its eastern edge. Both enclosures have clearly define angular corners. Two broadly curvilinear cropmarks to the northeast may represent associated features, although may also be geological in origin. The south-eastern extent of the two enclosures are bisected by an extant field boundary and the cropmarks within the adjacent land parcel comprising grass are only partly perceptable. The character and form of the two enclosures supports the interpretation they are of probable late prehistoric or Romano-British date and possibly represent evidence that at least two phases of occupation are present in this location, although there is no clear relationship between these two enclosures.

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. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV362911	Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 2018. NMR 33542. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). HEA 33542/40 19-JUL-2018. [Mapped feature: #116886 ]

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)

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