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Summary

A possible ditched enclosure of later prehistoric or Roman date is visible as a dark rectilinear cropmark on aerial photographs taken between 1984 and 1995.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/95

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 8467, DAP 8467/5 23-JUN-1984 (T) (Aerial Photograph). SDV355382.

A dark rectilinear cropmark is visible.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/Q 6,7,8, DAP/Q 6,7,8 (Aerial Photograph). SDV286964.

South of Exminster village. Rectangular single ditched enclosure (2 sides + E corner visible). Recorded as crop mark by F. Griffith.

Griffith, F. M., 1984, DAP/T 5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV286966.

Devon County Council, 1990, DAP 6873, DAP 6873/8 04-JUN-1990 (RI) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357618.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

Griffith, F. M., 1995, DAP/XU, DCC DAP/XU 5 04-JUL-1995 (Aerial Photograph). SDV319230.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

Exeter Archaeology, 2004, Archaeological Assessment of Land adjacent to The Manor, Exminster, 6 (Report - Assessment). SDV81579.

Enclosure to the west of Exminster Hill potentially of prehistoric origin.

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

A reverse-L-shaped cropmark, less than 2 metres in width, is visible on aerial photographs taken between 1984 and 1995. It may have formed over the south-east corner of a rectilinear enclosure ditch, perhaps associated with the double-ditched enclosure immediately to the west (MDV28649). However no evidence of the west or north sides was visible on any other available aerial photographs, and interpretation is tentative.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. These have been recorded here as additional separate sources because there is a possibility that the prints may have been processed differently. This would potentially result in images on which archaeological features show slightly differently.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV286964	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1984. DAP/Q 6,7,8. Devon Aerial Photograph. DAP/Q 6,7,8.
SDV286966	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1984. DAP/T 5. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV319230	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1995. DAP/XU. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC DAP/XU 5 04-JUL-1995.
SDV355382	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 8467. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 8467/5 23-JUN-1984 (T). [Mapped feature: #86164 ]
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
SDV357618	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1990. DAP 6873. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6873/8 04-JUN-1990 (RI).
SDV81579	Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2004. Archaeological Assessment of Land adjacent to The Manor, Exminster. Exeter Archaeology Report. 04.37. A4 Stapled + Digital. 6.

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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