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| HER Number: | MDV309 |
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| Name: | Enclosure west of Cowflop Cross, Beaford |
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Summary
Small oval enclosure, leng 70m, widt 50m, possibly with entrance to s, ploughed over, adjacent to beaford moor (balkwill on ap). Vis=27/9/1973 (os). Visible on aph's as oval univallate work with possible entrance gap in the south east. It can just be traced on the ground as a faint spread bank with a gap on the downhill side. Interior is a shallow depression, size and situation suggest hillslope settlement of ia type.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 582 148 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS51SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Beaford |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BEAFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric oval enclosure west of Firsdon Farm
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS51SE/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
BALKWILL ON AP, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV6388.
Small oval enclosure, leng 70m, widt 50m, possibly with entrance to s, ploughed over, adjacent to beaford moor (balkwill on ap). Vis=27/9/1973 (os). Visible on aph's as oval univallate work with possible entrance gap in the south east. It can just be traced on the ground as a faint spread bank with a gap on the downhill side. Interior is a shallow depression, size and situation suggest hillslope settlement of ia type.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV6389.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/2521/4122 march 1948 retained at os southampton.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6390.
Osa=ss51se13.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV6391.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1989/2151(12/4/1947)/dcc 18/45.
Archaeological Services Durham University, 2011, Land at Cowflop Cross, Beaford, Devon. Geophysical Survey, 1, 6; Figs 2-6 (Report - Geophysical Survey). SDV349538.
An oval ditched enclosure with possible internal features, perhaps a late prehistoric farmstead, recording by geophysical survey. Measures up to 65 metres in length and 48 metres wide. Further anomalies within the enclosure probably reflect the remains of either a less substantial internal ditch circuit or a palisade trench. No entrance causeway has been identified.
Several smaller magnetic anomalies in this area are likely to reflect the remains of soil-filled ditches, of unknown date but possibly contemporary with the enclosure.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349538 | Report - Geophysical Survey: Archaeological Services Durham University. 2011. Land at Cowflop Cross, Beaford, Devon. Geophysical Survey. Archaeological Services Durham University Report. 2588. A4 Spiral Bound + Digital. 1, 6; Figs 2-6. |
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| SDV6388 | Report - Survey: BALKWILL ON AP. |
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| SDV6389 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV6390 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV6391 | Aerial Photograph: |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV108393 | Related to: Ditches at Cowflop Cross, Beaford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV5880 - Geophysical Survey at Cowflop Cross (Ref: 2588)
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2016 11:58AM |
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