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Summary

A curvilinear enclosure of possible later prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs taken in 2006 and 2018, just off a plateau of higher ground south-west of Plympton Cross.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this exact location.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 15-JUL-2018 ACCESSED 31-MAR-2020; EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 31-MAR-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A dark curvilinear cropmark is visible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 30-JUN-2006 ACCESSED 31-MAR-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A pale 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 curvilinear cropmark, up to approximately three metres wide, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 2006 and 2018. It appears to enclose an oval area of up to 67 metres in diameter, just off a plateau of higher ground at Plympton Cross. Its form and location is consistent with an interpretation as a later prehistoric enclosure, the cropmark having formed over the buried ditch remains.

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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