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Summary

Linear cropmarks of possible ditched features of unknown date and function were visible on the north-west facing hillslopes east of Poltimore, on aerial photographs of 1984.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1047935
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NE/68

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV114838.

Aph=dap/ax 8(3/7/1984).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV114839.

Des=dprfp 1990(and photo n 18).

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Linear marks, up to 200m long. Recorded from the air 1984 by f. Griffith.(aph). Vis=29/3/1990 (robinson). Marks lie on very gentle n slope, nothing visible. Possibly field drains (dprfp).

Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 3520, DAP 3520/08 03-JUL-1984 (AX) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358840.

Curvilinear cropmarks of possible ditches were visible. Map object based on this source.

English Heritage, 1984, NMR 2161, NMR 2161/315 26-JUN-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356816.

Map object based on this source.

Historic England, 1984, NMR 2162, NMR 2162/1128 02-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357541.

Map object based on this source.

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

Linear cropmarks of possible ditched features were visible on the gentle north-west facing hillslopes east of Poltimore, on aerial photographs of 1984. The cropmarks were generally less than 1.5 metres in width and aligned roughly north-west to south east, some visible for over 250 metres. The dispersal and arrangement of the possible ditches appears too irregular to be evidence of a systematic arrangement of field drains as suggested by a precious authority and their date and function are unknown.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted by the survey are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. In some cases these have been recorded as separate sources. This is because variations in the way the prints have been processed could result in images on which archaeological features are visible to a greater or lesser degree.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV114838	Aerial Photograph:
SDV114839	Migrated Record:
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV356816	Aerial Photograph: English Heritage. 1984. NMR 2161. NMR Aerial Photograph. Print. NMR 2161/315 26-JUN-1984.
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
SDV357541	Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1984. NMR 2162. NMR Aerial Photograph. Print. NMR 2162/1128 02-JUL-1984.
SDV358840	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 3520. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 3520/08 03-JUL-1984 (AX).

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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