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Summary

Cropmarks formed over the buried ditches of a rectilinear enclosure of potential late prehistoric or Roman date are visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 1989.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76SW/120

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINEAR FEATURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD? (Between))
• RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions (Cartographic). SDV344181.

Linear and curvilinear features have been transcribed.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV145977.

Marley farm. Linear cropmark features extending over two fields, including corner of possible enclosure at sx72006132. Recorded as cropmark july 1984 by f. Griffith.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV145979.

Aph=dap/bv 6a,7(11/7/1984).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV145980.

Des=dprfp 1987(and photos a1,2,19,20).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV145981.

Aph=dap/oo 9,10/(18/7/1989).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV145982.

Aph=dap/op 4/(18/7/1989).

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=27/8/1987 (robinson)+ 7/9/1987 (griffith and robinson) site lies on moderate se slope. S of the hedge is a shelf in the slope that may indicate the rest of a possible enclosure (dprfp).

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6780, DAP 6780/10 18-JUL-1989 (OP) (Aerial Photograph). SDV361518.

Dark cropmarks are visible.

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.

Dark curvilinear and linear cropmarks, interpreted as having formed over buried ditches, circa 3m wide, are visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 1989. The cropmarks partly define the sides of a rectilinear enclosure, circa 120m long by 80m wide, with corners visible to the northeast, northwest and southwest. Traces of an inner ditch are possibly visible to the northeast and southwest. Additional cropmarks within the enclosure may represent evidence of internal divisions, or perhaps belong to a different phase of activity. Curvilinear ditches to the southeast may also be associated with this enclosure. The morphology of the cropmarks suggests a late prehistoric or Roman date.

Sources / Further Reading

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)

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