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Summary

A substantial oval enclosure of probable medieval date sited on a spur with a crescent shaped bank attached to the south-west side, giving an annexe or small 'bailey'. Possibly a small medieval ringwork. The enclosure and annexe are visble on Lidar imagery.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Medieval oval enclosure with annexe or bailey south east of Burcombe Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS72NW/46

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV79954.

Aph=nmr ss7228:sf 1456/162(28/2/1979)/in smr(lf).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV79958.

Aph=dap/hc 14,15(16/12/1986).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV79959.

Aph=dap/of 1/(13/7/1989).

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

Nmr ap (1979) by john hampton records hitherto unknown earthwork site at burcombe. A substantial enclosure sited on a spur is a fat oval, approx 80m x 50m with broad banks. Attached to the sw side is a crescent shaped bank, again broad, giving an annexe or small ?bailey. Conceivably a small medieval ringwork? placename 'burcombe' suggests antiquity of the site. Possibly the earlier medieval site of present day burcombe, rebuilt in 17th century. See ss72nw/24 (fmg).

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Plot 3649 is called 'Castle Close'.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Plot 3649 has a curving boundary on the south-west side.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1932, The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two, 345 (Monograph). SDV337894.

Burcombe first mentioned 1275. 'Biricom' derived from 'burh' which accords with above.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Curving field boundary visible forming south-west end of ringwork.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/AN, 11,11a (Aerial Photograph). SDV338097.

Environment Agency, 2011, LIDAR data JPEG images (2 metre resolution) (Cartographic). SDV348634.

Environment Agency, 2019, Oval enclosure at Burcombe, North Molton, Lidar Imagery (Cartographic). SDV363999.

Lidar image show the oval enclosure and annexe clearly. Image submitted by Kaye.S.

Horner, W., 26/01/2015, Enclosure at Burcombe (Personal Comment). SDV358127.

Lidar image shows the enclosure and annexe quite clearly. The 1946/7 Royal Air Force aerial photograph shows field boundaries extant for part of ringwork.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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