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Summary

A possible irregularly shaped ditched enclosure is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the higher east-facing hillslopes to the south-east of Stockwell farm. It is possible that the cropmark is non-archaeological in origin.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric irregular, single ditched enclosure south east of Stockwell

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SE/88

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NON ANTIQUITY? (Unknown date)
• ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Small irregular single ditched enclosure, with trace of inner circular feature. Recorded from the air as cropmark by f. Griffith 1985 (aph). Vis=23/1/1991 (robinson). Even s-se slope. Nothing visible (dprfp).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV42387.

Aph=dap/ey 5(10/7/1985).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV42388.

Des=dprfp 1991(and photo p 2).

Devon County Council, 1985, DAP 5491, DAP 5491/05-05A 10-JUL-1985 (XX) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357358.

Irregularly shaped cropmarks of possible ditched features are visible.

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

A possible ditched enclosure of later prehistoric or Roman date is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the higher east-facing hillslopes to the south-east of Stockwell farm. The cropmarks define an irregularly curvilinear shaped feature enclosing an area up to circa 30 metres across and abutted by possibly associated linear cropmarks. Interpreted by previous authorities as a single ditched enclosure, the irregularity of the cropmark might support the interpretation that the cropmark is forming over features of non-archaeological, potentially geological origin.

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV357358	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1985. DAP 5491. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5491/05-05A 10-JUL-1985 (XX). [Mapped feature: #90546 ]
SDV42387	Aerial Photograph:
SDV42388	Migrated Record:

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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