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Summary

A curvilinear ditched bank of possible prehistoric date was visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs and lidar data as an earthwork on the gentle south-facing slopes north-east of Selah Farm, Chardstock parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NE/30

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• BREASTWORK? (XVII - 1642 AD to 1651 AD (Between))

Full description

Pulman, G. P. R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV103269.

Remains of an earthwork called the half moon, near which are some barrows.(pulman).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115143.

Short stretch of crescentric earth bank with outer ditch, tapering at ends. Field known as half moon breach. Farmer dug a silage pit into bank and said nothing of interest found. The remains, and vague traces to the east, would seem to have been part of an enclosure but its date and purpose is obscure (osa).

AP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115144.

The earthwork visible on aerial photograph. The ditch can be seen to continue, as a cropmark, completing the circuit. Enclosure can be seen to be oval (ap).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115147.

Pulman, g. P. R. /book of the axe/(1875)562.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115148.

Osa=st20ne27/plan.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV115149.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974(11/4/47)2319/dcc 31/33.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115151.

Des=b/w print (21/9/1992) film no 661 frame no 37/in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115152.

Des=carter, r. W.(chard history group)/appendix b - chardstock parish check list/(april 1999)/in pf.

CARTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV47986.

Unfinished/damaged ringwork called 'half moon' with a 1.5m bank + 0.5m ditch (carter).

Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Vis=21/9/1992 (reed and stead) ditched bank c30m long and c1m high. Ditch prominent on south side but barely discernible on north side. Covered by scrub and gorse. Silage pit cut into sw side.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A curvilinear bank circa 43 metres long and up to approximately 10 metres wide was visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs and lidar data as an earthwork on the gentle south-facing slopes north-east of Selah Farm, Chardstock parish. A ditch was visible on the south, east and north-east sides of the earthwork, and a break nearly 4 metres wide was apparent through the bank circa 16 metres from its western end. This might be associated with the rectangular concrete structure, presumably the silage tank described by the above authorities, visible in this general location.
The date and function of the earthwork is unclear, but it could be an unfinished enclosure of prehistoric date as suggested above. However, a later date and function is possible, such as a breastwork of Civil War date.
This feature was previously recorded at ST 2837 0528 (point).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV103269	Migrated Record: Pulman, G. P. R..
SDV115143	Migrated Record: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division.
SDV115144	Migrated Record: AP.
SDV115147	Migrated Record:
SDV115148	Migrated Record:
SDV115149	Aerial Photograph:
SDV115151	Migrated Record:
SDV115152	Migrated Record:
SDV324187	Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV47986	Migrated Record: CARTER.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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