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Summary

A double ditch-defined enclosure of probable later prehistoric to Roman period date is visible on aerial photographs of 1975 as two concentric cropmarks between Langdon Hospital and Hensford Road.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Cropmark, Double Ditched Enclosure, west of Dawlish Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97NE/23
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD)

Full description

IGS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297786.

Situated on dawlish sandstone (igs).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297788.

Des=igs 1:50,000 s + d(1976).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV297789.

Exeter archaeology/archaeological assessment of swwsl dawlish sewage scheme/(1997)3/(ea report 97.04).

Griffith, F. M., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV8774.

Small double-ditched enclosure recorded on cuc air photograph. Most of a squarish inner enclosure is visible - side approximately 40m, and part of a more circular outer ditch. Site is cut by modern road (griffith).

Cambridge University Collection, 1975, CUC/BTS, DCC HER CUCAP BTS 068–071 03-JUL-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV119928.

Cropmarks are visible defining a double ditched enclosure.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A double ditch-defined enclosure of probable later prehistoric to Roman period date is visible on aerial photographs of 1975 as two concentric cropmarks. The inner cropmark defines a roughly square enclosure 40 to 45 metres to a side. A more curvilinear cropmark defines the outer boundary, the visible extent of which is a minimum of approximately 60 metres across; extrapolating from the visible relationship between the two components, the outer enclosure probably measured closer to 75 metres across. As described by the above authority the enclosure is cut by the track from Langdon Hospital to Hensford Road, with much of the enclosure visible to the south of the track. A short section of the northern edge of the inner enclosure is visible north of the track. The enclosure is not visible on any other images available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV119928	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection. 1975. CUC/BTS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). DCC HER CUCAP BTS 068–071 03-JUL-1975. [Mapped feature: #81936 ]
SDV297786	Migrated Record: IGS.
SDV297788	Migrated Record:
SDV297789	Migrated Record:
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV8774	Migrated Record: Griffith, F. M..

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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