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| HER Number: | MDV16674 |
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| Name: | Rectilinear Enclosure, Westleigh |
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Summary
Rectilinear enclosure and other cropmarks visible on cuc air photographs. Enclosure is large - very approximately 80m by 30m - with possible entrance on south side. There are additional vagrant cropmarks (griffith). Vis=15/6/1984 (griffiths) field under grazed grass. The sides of a recently dug ditch south of the field bank appeared sterile and the enclosures not visible on the ground. Slight bank was visible parallel to and c.10m south of the field bank (griffiths). Vis=28/10/1992 (horner). Site appears to straddle hill/ridge top slightly below summit. Unable to visit exact area due to ground conditions (dprfp).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 483 280 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Westleigh |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WESTLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Two prehistoric rectilinear enclosures west of Eastleigh
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42NE/73
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Rectilinear enclosure and other cropmarks visible on cuc air photographs. Enclosure is large - very approximately 80m by 30m - with possible entrance on south side. There are additional vagrant cropmarks (griffith). Vis=15/6/1984 (griffiths) field under grazed grass. The sides of a recently dug ditch south of the field bank appeared sterile and the enclosures not visible on the ground. Slight bank was visible parallel to and c.10m south of the field bank (griffiths). Vis=28/10/1992 (horner). Site appears to straddle hill/ridge top slightly below summit. Unable to visit exact area due to ground conditions (dprfp).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV62703.
Des=griffith, f. M. /as above/(29/6/1982).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV62704.
Des=griffiths, d. M. /as above.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV62705.
Des=dprfp(horner)/(29/10/1992)/ground photo ah.
Cambridge University, 1975, CUC/BTR, 66, 67, 69 (Aerial Photograph). SDV274730.
Aph=cuc/btr 66,67,69(3/7/1975)/67,69 in smr.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV262469 | Migrated Record: DPRFP. |
| SDV274730 | Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1975. CUC/BTR. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper) + Digital (Scan). 66, 67, 69. |
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| SDV62703 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV62704 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV62705 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 6 2014 9:07AM |
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