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Summary

A rectilinear enclosure, visible as a dark cropmark on aerial photographs taken between 1975 and 1999, may be later prehistoric or Roman in date. No evidence of the feature was visible on a site visit in 1989.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Undated five sided ditched enclosure south east of Pridham's Wood

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 447966
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/64

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

JUNE 1984, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV309767.

Vis=visible on dap/t6 (june 1984).

NO ACCESS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV309768.

Vis=3/2/1989 (robinson) steep s slope (no access) (dprfp).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV309771.

Osa=sx98nw37.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV309772.

Aph=dap/t 6(23/6/1984).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV309773.

Des=dprfp 1989.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV309774.

Manning, p. T. + turton, s. D. /archaeological assessment of the kenn to ashcombe gas pipeline/(1995)3/(emafu report 95.14).

FMG ON AP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV12426.

A mark recorded as a cropmark on cuc air photograph appears to be that of a five-sided ditched enclosure. However, the relationship of the mark to existing boundaries suggests that it may be modern in origin. Measurements: c.70m north-south, maximum 50m east-west (fmg on ap).

MANNING + TURTON, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV125236.

Lies immeditely e of proposed pipeline (manning + turton).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=27/9/1982 (os) the cropmark lies on a steep south facing slope at about 40.0m od in a rough pasture field. There is nothing at present visible. The regular shape of the outer enclosure in an area of probable rb cropmark sites of similar shape (sx98nw14, sx98nw23) suggests this may also be of ia/rb date (os).

Cambridge University, 1975, CUCAP BTS (Aerial Photograph). SDV2407.

Aph=cuc/bts 65-6(3/7/1975)/bts 66 in smr.

Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 1975, CUCAP BTS, CUCAP BTS065 03-JUL-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358912.

A dark rectilinear cropmark is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1984, OS/84168, OS/84168 V 001-002 03-Jul-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354845.

A dark rectilinear cropmark is visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Get Mapping, 1999, GM/121/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 482-483 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355055.

A dark rectilinear cropmark is visible.

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

A rectilinear enclosure, circa 2-3 metres wide and covering approximately 90 by 95 metres at its greatest extents, is visible as a dark cropmark on aerial photographs taken between 1975 and 1999. Its northern part follows a roughly rectangular alignment, but the east and west sides change orientation to head west partway downslope. The southern edge follows the contour, near the bottom of the hillslope. Although a close date would be difficult to determine on the basis of the aerial photographic evidence alone, a later prehistoric or Roman date seems likely based on the rectilinear layout.

Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE80 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.

(SX 93609 85113) Enclosure south-east of Pridham’s Wood. Enclosure MDV17716 and further linear features are visible on the 2018 Google Earth aerial image. Bronze Age to Romano-British date. Boundaries depicted on the Tithe map are also evident.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV12426	Migrated Record: FMG ON AP.
SDV125236	Migrated Record: MANNING + TURTON.
SDV24	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. OSA. Card Index.
SDV2407	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. 1975. CUCAP BTS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper).
SDV309767	Report - Survey: JUNE 1984.
SDV309768	Report - Survey: NO ACCESS.
SDV309771	Migrated Record:
SDV309772	Aerial Photograph:
SDV309773	Migrated Record:
SDV309774	Migrated Record:
SDV354845	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1984. OS/84168. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/84168 V 001-002 03-Jul-1984.
SDV355055	Aerial Photograph: Get Mapping. 1999. GM/121/99. Get Mapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 482-483 24-JUL-1999.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV358912	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. 1975. CUCAP BTS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. Photograph (Paper). CUCAP BTS065 03-JUL-1975.

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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