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Summary

A bank and ditch defined circular enclosure of probable prehistoric date is visible on images derived from lidar data as an earthwork located on the east-facing ridge slopes under Panson Wood, St Giles on the Heath parish, overlooking the combe of the River Carey. The circular enclosure may sit within a larger rectilinear enclosure, a partial bank visible to the south.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV267 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

Circular enclosure max 33m across. Possible entrance on the southern side. Located above the river valley about 30m down from the highest point 210 m further up the hill.

Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.

A circular ditched enclosure and possible adjacent linear bank are visible as earthworks.

Hegarty, C., 2024, Comment on Unlocking Landscape project interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366085.

The circular enclosure may sit within a rectilinear enclosure, a partial bank visible as a west-east aligned earthwork to the south.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9082 - Lidar Survey: University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project

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