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Summary

A possible enclosure potentially of Bronze Age to Roman date is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2018 as a cropmark of a curvilinear ditch on the south-east facing slopes north-west of Auton Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• D SHAPED 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 21-JUL-2020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

A curvilinear cropmark of a ditch 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 cropmark of a curvilinear ditch circa 3m wide and 100m long is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016 defining a possible D-shaped enclosure up to 55m across, potentially of Bronze Age to Roman date, on the south-east facing slopes north-west of Auton Farm.

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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