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Summary

A ring ditch of probable Bronze Age date is visible on aerial photographs as a ring ditch near the tip of a south facing spur overlooking the River Culm above Flock Mill Weir. The ring ditch is probably evidence of a barrow of Bronze Age date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch, square ended enclosure and possible enclosure north west of Flock Mill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SE/12

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV35046.

Aph=nmr ss9601.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35047.

Allden, a. /dcra publication no.10/a study of some devon barrows/(1980)22 no.39.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35048.

Des=dprfp 1991(and photo p 11).

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Ring-ditch or small circular enclosure on slight spur above culm. Visible on ap. Small square ended enclosure with entrance to west, cut by road. Another corner of a possible enclosure cuts the ring ditch on zs 45. Vis=24/1/1991 robinson. Hill top site, nothing visible (dprfp).

Cambridge University, 1959, CUC/ZS, DCC CUCAP ZS45 6/JUL-1959 (Aerial Photograph). SDV321048.

A ring ditch is visible.

National Monument Record, 2010, NMR 27249, NMR 27249/022 25-JUN-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357511.

A cropmark ring ditch is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A ring ditch is visible on aerial photographs as a ring ditch near the tip of a south facing spur overlooking the River Culm above Flock Mill Weir. The cropmark is between 1 metre and 1.5 metres in width, enclosing an area circa 15 metres in diameter. No breaks in the ring ditch indicative of an entrance are visible and it is most likely that the ditch cropmark is evidence of a barrow of Bronze Age date. The possible corner of another enclosure reported by the above authority as cutting the ring ditch is probably geological and not archaeological in origin. A small rectilinear cropmark to the west is now recorded separately as MDV108817.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV321048	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1959. CUC/ZS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). DCC CUCAP ZS45 6/JUL-1959. [Mapped feature: #80728 ]
SDV35046	Aerial Photograph:
SDV35047	Migrated Record:
SDV35048	Migrated Record:
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV357511	Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 2010. NMR 27249. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR 27249/022 25-JUN-2010.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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