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| HER Number: | MDV40096 |
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| Name: | Enclosure in the Parish of Kingston |
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Summary
Cropmarks visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989 and formerly interpreted as evidence of a prehistoric ditched enclosure are more likely to be of modern agricultural origin.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 636 472 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kingston |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KINGSTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric circular single ditched enclosure south of Kingston
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NW/44
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NON ANTIQUITY (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
SX64NW/27, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV161461.
Single ditched circular enclosure. Recorded from the air by f. Griffith in 1989 (aph). Vis=25/3/1991 (robinson). Site lies just n of the crest of a ridge spanning a small side valley. Nothing visible. Flint scatter (sx64nw/27) adjacent (dprfp).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV161462.
Aph=dap/oa 7(12/7/1989).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV161463.
Des=dprfp 1991(and photo q 28).
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
No evidence to support an archaeological interpretation of this feature was seen on the aerial imagery available to the survey. The cropmarks are instead interpreted as being of modern agricultural origin and so were not transcribed during this survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV161461 | Report - Survey: SX64NW/27. |
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| SDV161462 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV161463 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 5 2019 12:47PM |
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