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| HER Number: | MDV41111 |
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| Name: | Ring ditch, Crooke Cross, North Tawton |
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Summary
A cropmark ditch of a possible prehistoric ring ditch is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1990, at Crooke Cross, North Tawton.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 683 014 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS60SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | North Tawton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UNKNOWN |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH TAWTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch west of Stone Cross
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS60SE/81
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
12-15M DIAMETER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV238043.
A ring ditch (12-15m diameter) w of stone cross. Recorded by aerial reconnaissance in 1989.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV238045.
Aph=dap/qn 7,9(26/3/1990).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV238046.
Dprfp 1991 and photo ac 11.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV238047.
Aph=dap/qa 13-15/(9/3/1990).
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Vis=24/4/1991 (simpson) on a high gentle hillslope, and rising to the west.(dprfp).
Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.
Transcriptions of a ditch correspond to the grid reference for PRN166920.
Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN166920 (Interpretation). SDV358473.
A small almost circular enclosure (16m diameter) is visible on aerial photos (p1). It consists of a single ditch. The enclosure has been digitally plotted as part of the National Mapping Programme.
Photograph reference:
1. NMR DAP QN 07 (NMR SS6801/30- 6807/07) 26-MAR-1990
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV238043 | Migrated Record: 12-15M DIAMETER. |
| SDV238045 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV238046 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV238047 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV262469 | Migrated Record: DPRFP. |
| SDV321540 | Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Plot of Cropmarks. Digital. [Mapped feature: #91014 ] |
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| SDV358473 | Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. PRN166920. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 28 2018 2:49PM |
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