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Summary

A dark cropmark which has possibly formed over a buried ditch of a curvilinear enclosure of potential late prehistoric or Roman date is visible on oblique aerial photographs taken during the dry summer of 2018.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Historic England, 2018, HEA 33739, HEA 33739_34 23-JUL-2018 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363259.

A dark curvilinear cropmark is visible.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A dark curvilinear cropmark, interpreted as having formed over a buried ditch, circa 2.5m wide, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 2018. The visible cropmark defines the eastern half of a curvilinear enclosure that measures circa 40m across, with possible entrance. The western half of the enclosure which lies in the adjacent land parcel showing a ripened crop is not visible. The morphology of the cropmark suggests a late prehistoric or Roman date. Cropmarks of three other enclosures are visible within this land parcel on aerial photographs of 2018. The cropmark is not visible on other available aerial imagery.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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