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Summary

Dark rectilinear cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs taken in drought conditions in 2018, are tentatively interpreted as having formed over the buried ditches of a later prehistoric rectilinear enclosure.

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

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 15-JUL-2018 ACCESSED 12-MAY-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Dark rectilinear 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 rectilinear cropmarks, up to approximately 1.5 metres in width, are indistinctly visible on aerial photographs taken in drought conditions in 2018. They are tentatively interpreted as having formed over the buried ditches of the south-east and south-west sides of a later prehistoric enclosure at least 48 by 42 metres in size.

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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