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| HER Number: | MDV25224 |
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| Name: | Curvilinear earthworks on Crownhill Down |
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Summary
Two curvilinear earthwork features are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s on Crownhill Down. Previously interpreted as intersecting banks, the features have been reinterpreted as slight ditches or hollows, probably trackways.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 560 595 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX55NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sparkwell |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PLYMPTON ST.MARY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX55NE/121
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) BANK (EARTHWORK) (Unknown date)
- TRACKWAY (XVIII to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD to 1946 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV155244.
Aph=raf 106g/uk 1190/3252-3(24/2/1946).
RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV26818.
Two possible banks that cross each other, extending from sx55985957 to sx56155964 and sx56045958 to sx55965957. They cross at sx56025958. One bank is 200m long the other 100m long approximately. Visible on 1946 raf ap.(rchm app 1985).
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3252-3253 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1126-1127 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 04-JUL-2019 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.
The earthworks have been destroyed by the expansion of opencast mining.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
Two curvilinear ditches or hollows are visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as slight earthwork features on Crownhill Down. Previously interpreted as intersecting banks, the features have been reinterpreted as slight ditches or hollows, probably trackways of 19th or early 20th century date. They have not been transcribed by the survey.
The earthworks have probably been partly destroyed by modern open cast mining.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV155244 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 1126-1127 10-DEC-1946. |
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| SDV26818 | Migrated Record: RCHM APP 1985. |
| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363067 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3252-3253 27-FEB-1946. |
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| SDV363088 | Aerial Photograph: Google. 2019. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 22-JUN-2018 ACCESSED 04-JUL-2019. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 28 2021 6:58AM |
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