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Summary

A ring ditch of probable prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark ditch on oblique aerial photographs of 1985 within Exeter Golf and Country Club, Lower Wear.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch south west of Newcourt House
• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch south west of Newcourt House

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1046754
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NE/103

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV23462.

Aph=dap/f 1 3(23/7/1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV23463.

Des=dprfp 1990.

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Annular dark mark, diam 10-12m. Recorded from the air by f. Griffith in 1985 (aph). Vis=18/5/1990 (robinson). Site lies in level area, golf course. No visible traces (dprfp).

Devon County Council, 1985, DAP 5501, DAP 5501/03 23-JUL-1985 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354834.

The ring ditch is visible as a cropmark ditch.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A ring ditch of probable prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark ditch on oblique aerial photographs of 1985 within Exeter Golf and Country Club, Lower Wear. The cropmark ditch is circular in shape and measures approximately 10m in diameter, with a possible break in the ditch of approximately 1.4m to the northwest. A number of smaller, more ephemeral cropmarks were also observed on aerial photographs across the golf and country club, although were interpreted as fungal rings. The ring ditch does, however, appear to be archaeological in origin and was not visible on other aerial photographs or digital images made available to the survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV23462	Aerial Photograph:
SDV23463	Migrated Record:
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV354834	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1985. DAP 5501. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5501/03 23-JUL-1985. [Mapped feature: #89985 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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