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Summary

A possible ring ditch of Bronze Age to Roman date is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2015 as a cropmark on the ridge between Burleigh Dolts hillfort and Malborough.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• ROUND BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX7040 20-APR-2015 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.

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 ditch up to circa 1.7m wide is visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2015 as a cropmark enclosing a roughly circular area circa 12m in diameter, on the gentle west-facing slopes near the summit of the ridge between Burleigh Dolts hillfort and Malborough.
The cropmark could be evidence of a barrow of Bronze Age date or a round house of Iron Age to Roman origin.
Two similarly sized ring ditches are visible approximately 250m to the north-east potentially associated with a prehistoric field system.

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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