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Summary

A ring ditch of probable prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark ditch on specialist oblique aerial photographs of 1984 and 1989, to the south of Old Rydon Lane.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch south east of Greenbank Lodge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1048110
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99SE/109

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

AP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV106689.

Clyst st. George, e of railway. Ring ditch. Recorded as cropmark by f. Griffith in june 1984. Linear feature to s (ap).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV106691.

DAP Z 7a (26/6/1984). (M Neophytou Personal Comment; hard copy is not in Packet DAP Z, please refer to digital scanned copy).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV106692.

Des=exeter archaeology/archaeological assessment of a proposed development site on land adjacent to the tesco store, digby/(2001)/ea report 01.06.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

For flint scatter nearby see sx99se/65. Circular feature may represent a ring ditch or bronze age round barrow (ea).

Dean, R., 13/06/2015, Land at Sandy Park Farm, Newcourt, Exeter (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV359338.

Geophysical Survey undertaken on land at Sandy Park Farm.

An anomaly coincides with a ring ditch, thought to be Bronze Age by its form, recorded as a cropmark on an aerial photograph. An anomaly within the ring ditch may be associated with it.

Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 8465, DAP 8465/7A 26-JUN-1984 (Z) (Aerial Photograph). SDV359202.

The ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.

DCC, 1989, DAP 6722, DAP 6722/12 26-JUN-1989 (MM) (Aerial Photograph). SDV355851.

The ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.

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

A ring ditch of probable prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark ditch on specialist oblique aerial photographs of 1984 and 1989, to the south of Old Rydon Lane. The well-defined circular cropmark measures approximately 11.5m in diameter and is located on gentle east facing slope, on the western side of the River Clyst and within an area where a number of cropmarks have been identified.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV106689	Migrated Record: AP.
SDV106691	Aerial Photograph: Digital.
SDV106692	Migrated Record:
SDV355851	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1989. DAP 6722. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6722/12 26-JUN-1989 (MM). [Mapped feature: #86141 ]
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV359202	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 8465. Devon Aerial Photograph. DAP 8465/7A 26-JUN-1984 (Z).
SDV359338	Report - Geophysical Survey: Dean, R.. 13/06/2015. Land at Sandy Park Farm, Newcourt, Exeter. Substrata. 140613. Digital.
SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
• EDV6897 - Geophysical Survey, Land at Sandy Park Farm, Newcourt, Exeter (Ref: 140613)

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