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HER Number:MDV126680
Name:Possible enclosure at Balham's Wood, Washfield

Summary

The curving shapes of the boundary to Balham's Wood and the trackway running through it are suggestive of an earlier enclosure.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 941 156
Map Sheet:SS91NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishWashfield
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishWASHFIELD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Late Iron Age to Late Medieval - 100 BC? to 1539 AD? (Between))

Full description

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.

The trackway through the wood from north to south is very prominent as an earthwork.

Horner, B., 2019, Balham's Wood (Personal Comment). SDV363288.

The curving shapes of the boundary to Balham's Wood and the trackway running through it, which is visible on LiDAR, are suggestive of a possible earlier enclosure.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Balham's Wood marked.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV360208Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2016. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.
SDV362729Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #122424 ]
SDV363288Personal Comment: Horner, B.. 2019. Balham's Wood. Not Applicable.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Oct 23 2019 11:46AM