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Summary

A dark linear cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 and 2020, is interpreted as having formed over the buried remains of a ditch of uncertain date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Late 20th Century - 2200 BC to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

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

No features are depicted in this exact location.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX6941 20-APR-2015 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A dark curvilinear cropmark is visible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 24-MAR-2020 ACCESSED 12-MAY-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

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 linear cropmark, approximately a metre wide, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 2015 and 2020. It does not easily fit into the surrounding field system, and could have formed over an earlier ditch, perhaps an enclosure of prehistoric or Romano-British date. Alternatively it might have a modern origin, though it is not on the correct alignment for a drainage ditch and is not clear what its function would have been.

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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