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| HER Number: | MDV1385 |
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| Name: | Enclosure southeast of North Down Plantation, Bampton |
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Summary
A bank and ditch defined rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date is visible as a cropmark of a ditch on aerial photographs of 1946 and subtle, probably plough spread earthworks of the bank and ditch on images derived from lidar of 2021, to the southeast of North Down Plantation, Bampton parish.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 928 229 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS92SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bampton |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BAMPTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric sub-square enclosure south-east of North Down Plantation
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS92SW/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV34949.
Aph=raf 106g uk 1420 4080 (april 1946) dcc 15/20.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV34950.
Des=transcription by r. J. Silvester in smr.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV34951.
Aph=raf 3g/tud/uk 221 5083 (july 1946) dcc 15/38.
BALKWILL, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV44259.
Sub-square ditched enclosure shown as cropmark on raf 1946 ap near north down plantation. End of spur site. Entrance to se.(balkwill). Shows superbly on july 46 ap, barely at all on april 1946.
Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2014, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV359715.
Enclosure visible on Lidar.
University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV137 (Interpretation). SDV365999.
Enclosure previously recorded as a cropmark also visible as an earthwork on LiDAR.
Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.
A bank and ditch are visible as subtle earthworks.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV34949 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV34950 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV34951 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV359715 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2014. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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| SDV365999 | Interpretation: University of Exeter. 2020-2021. University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data. Digital. ULDEV137. |
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| SDV366001 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2021. University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #81061 ] |
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| SDV44259 | Migrated Record: BALKWILL. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV9082 - Lidar Survey: University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 30 2024 3:08PM |
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