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| HER Number: | MDV39973 |
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| Name: | A Ring Ditch to the South and West of Great Pitt Farmhouse |
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Summary
A probable ring ditch of later prehistoric date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the west-facing slopes overlooking the Exe valley to the south and west of Great Pitt Farmhouse, Silverton.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 946 030 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS90SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bickleigh (MD) |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UNKNOWN |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BICKLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch north east of Upexe Farm
- SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch north east of Upexe Farm
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 1038591
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SW/118
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Vis=6/2/1991 (robinson) site lies on moderate sw slope, nothing visible (dprfp).
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV42401.
Small annular dark mark diam c 10m. Recorded from the air in 1984 by f. Griffith (aph).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV42403.
Aph=dap/xv (25/6/1984).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV42404.
Des=dprfp 1991(and photo p 25).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV42405.
Aph=dap/ms 5/(27/6/1989).
Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 8471, DAP 8471/12 23-JUN-1984 (U) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358011.
A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.
DCC, 1989, DAP 6728, DAP 6728/05 27-JUN-1989 (MS) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358004.
A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.
DCC, 1989, DAP 6728, DAP 6728/05 27-JUN-1989 (MS) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358004.
A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A probable ring ditch of later prehistoric date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark up to 2 metres wide enclosing an area 8 metres in diameter on the west-facing slopes overlooking the Exe valley to the south and west of Great Pitt Farmhouse, Silverton. The cropmark could be interpreted as the remains of a small barrow of Bronze Age date or an unenclosed hut circle of Iron Age to Roman date; the site’s proximity to a complex of possible enclosures of later prehistoric to Roman date to the south-east might make the latter interpretation more probable.
Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE67 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.
(SS 94680 03088) Ring ditch and linears west of Silverton. Ring Ditch MDV39973 and linears evident on the Google Earth 2018 aerial photography. Bronze Age to Romano-British in date.
Sources / Further Reading
| 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. |
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| SDV358004 | Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1989. DAP 6728. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6728/05 27-JUN-1989 (MS). |
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| SDV358011 | Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 8471. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 8471/12 23-JUN-1984 (U). |
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| SDV42401 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV42403 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV42404 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV42405 | Aerial Photograph: |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 2 2020 11:10AM |
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