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Summary

A possible raised platform is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs taken in 1945. It may have been formed when material was cut away from its edges, perhaps during materials extraction in the medieval or later periods.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• EXTRACTIVE PIT? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
• PLATFORM? (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

No features are depicted in this exact location.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4089-4090 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

An earthwork platform 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 possible raised platform is visible as an earthwork, 27 by 23 metres in maximum visible extent with relatively straight edges, on aerial photographs taken in 1945, on a spur of higher land on the east side of Bolberry. Its date and function is uncertain, and no features are depicted in this location on the available historic mapping. It may be that the apparent platform was formed when material was cut away from its edges, perhaps during materials extraction.

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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