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Summary

A possible enclosure potentially of later prehistoric to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of 1984 as cropmarks of ditches on the south-east facing slopes between Bowdens Lane and Tower Hill Lane, north of Ideford.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Bowdens Lane. Prehistoric circular, double ditched enclosure located in faint hollow, rectilinear ditched enclosure and linear north of The Butts

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1031390
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX87NE/114

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Bowdens lane. Double ditched enclosure, roughly circular, 50-60m diameter. Linear features adjacent. Recorded as cropmark by f. Griffith in july 1984. Vis=4/1/1989 (robinson). Enclosure lies in faint hollow in moderate s slope.(dprfp).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV281632.

Aph=dap/ce 11a,12(13/7/1984).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV281633.

Des=dprfp 1989.

DCC, 1984, DAP 3551, DAP 3551/11A 13-JUL-1984 (CE) (Aerial Photograph). SDV351232.

Cropmarks of curvilinear ditches are visible.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. These have been recorded here as separate sources as there is a possibility that variations in processing could result in images on which archaeological features show differently than on the original images.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Cropmarks of curvilinear ditches up to circa 3.5m wide are visible on aerial photograph of 1984 on the south-east facing slopes between Bowdens Lane and Tower Hill Lane, north of Ideford.
The cropmarks are partial but can be interpreted defining a possible double ditched enclosure with an inner enclosure roughly 27m across, with a second ditch defining a polygonal outer boundary 10 to 15m from the inner ditch. A possible entrance might be visible as paler break circa 6m wide in the north-west edge of the outer ditch cropmark.
The enclosure is interpreted as potentially of later prehistoric to Roman date. The cropmark was not noted on any other images available to the survey. Further work such as geophysical survey is recommended to further define the character of the cropmark.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV281632	Aerial Photograph:
SDV281633	Migrated Record:
SDV344181	Cartographic: Devon County Council. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Map (Digital).
SDV351232	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1984. DAP 3551. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 3551/11A 13-JUL-1984 (CE). [Mapped feature: #114271 ]
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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