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Summary

Possible moated site visible on aerial photograph (aph). The feature suggested as a moated site was probably natural in origin.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Enclosure of possible medieval date north west of Aller Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20SW/234

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
• ENCLOSURE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV133654.

Possible moated site visible on aerial photograph (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV133655.

Aph=air photo dap/ug11.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV133656.

Des=emafu blackdown hills survey 1992 archive.

Griffith, F. M., 1988, DAP/KG, DAP/KG 11 21-MAR-1988 (Aerial Photograph). SDV136097.

It is probable that the above authority meant to reference DAP/KG 11, not DAP/UG 11.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2404 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359178.

The earthworks, probably natural in origin, were clearly visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A curvilinear earthwork channel or gulley circa 60 metres long and up to 10 metres wide was visible on the gentle north-east facing slopes west of Aller Farm, on DAP aerial photographs of March 1988. The earthwork abuts a watercourse to the north-east, which may have led to its interpretation as a possible moat ditch enclosure. It seems more probable that the earthwork is evidence of a former spring and that it is natural rather than archaeological in origin. As such it has not been transcribed by the NMP survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV133654	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV133655	Aerial Photograph:
SDV133656	Migrated Record:
SDV136097	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1988. DAP/KG. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP/KG 11 21-MAR-1988.
SDV359178	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2404 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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