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Summary

Dark cropmarks which have possibly formed over the buried ditches of a rectilinear enclosure of potential late prehistoric or Roman date are 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

• RECTILINEAR 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.

Dark cropmarks are 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.

Dark cropmarks, interpreted as having formed over buried ditches, circa 3m wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 2018. The diffuse cropmarks possibly define the north side and southeast corner of a rectilinear enclosure that measures circa 40m across. The morphology of the cropmarks suggests a late prehistoric or Roman date. Some caution should, however, be exercised and it is also possible the cropmarks are of geological or modern agricultural origin. They have nonetheless been transcribed given the presence of three other enclosures recorded within this land parcel on aerial photographs of 2018. The cropmarks are 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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