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Summary

A roughly square ditch defined enclosure of probable later prehistoric or Roman date is incompletely visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1992, to the east of Bigbury.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric rectangular single ditched enclosure east of Bigbury

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1024306
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NE/190

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171363.

Rectangular single ditched enclosure 50m x 55m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark in 1992 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV171365.

Aph=dap/vl29-31 (7/7/1992).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV171366.

Des=dprfp/(robinson, r. )/(17/9/1993).

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=17/9/1993 (robinson) site lies on a gentle s slope with wide views to the avon estuary to the south and down a sw valley to the sea. Site marked by clear hollow with low banks on e and w (dprfp).

Geonex UK, 1992, 158/92, Devon County Council Geonex/158/92 086-087 15-OCT-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349989.

A square or rectilinear ditched enclosure is visible as a faint cropmark.

DCC, 1992, DAP 14395, DAP 14395/29-30 07-JUL-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351493.

A square or rectilinear ditched enclosure is visible as a cropmark.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A roughly square ditch defined enclosure of probable later prehistoric or Roman date is incompletely visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 1992, to the east of Bigbury. The cropmarks can be interpreted as forming over ditches 3 to 4 metres wide, defining an enclosure measuring approximately 55 by 62 metres, or 0.3 hectares in area. The enclosure is bisected by a field boundary of probable post-medieval date which cuts off the northeastern corner of the enclosure, which is not identifiable as a cropmark but presumably continues into the neighbouring field as a buried feature.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV171363	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV171365	Aerial Photograph:
SDV171366	Migrated Record:
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV349989	Aerial Photograph: Geonex UK. 1992. 158/92. Geonex Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council Geonex/158/92 086-087 15-OCT-1992.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351493	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1992. DAP 14395. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 14395/29-30 07-JUL-1992.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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