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Summary

Linear parallel cropmarks were visible on aerial photographs of 1985 crossing a field within a meander of the River Exe to the south-east of Fortescue, Brampford Speke. The marks are probably non-archaeological in origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NW/186

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NON ANTIQUITY (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV136156.

Aph=dap/eq 2(7/6/1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV136157.

Des=dprfp 1990.

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Linear paired parallel marks, recorded as cropmark by f. Griffith in 1985.(aph). Vis=15/6/1990 (robinson). Level field in flood plain of river exe. Nothing visible. Tenant sure that marks are wheel tracks from fetching gravel (dprfp).

Devon County Council, 1985, DAP 5483, DAP 5483/01-02 07-JUN-1985 (EQ) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358502.

Linear cropmarks of agricultural origin were visible.

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

Linear parallel cropmarks were visible on aerial photographs of 1985 crossing a field within a meander of the River Exe, to the south-east of Fortescue, Brampford Speke. The marks comprise two narrowly spaced parallel marks, resembling wheel tracks. This appears to support the information from the above authority. As such, the marks are interpreted here as probably non-archaeological in origin and have not been transcribed.
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 than on the originals.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV136156	Aerial Photograph:
SDV136157	Migrated Record:
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
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
SDV358502	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1985. DAP 5483. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5483/01-02 07-JUN-1985 (EQ). [Mapped feature: #90517 ]

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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