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Summary

A trapezoidal dark cropmark, visible on specialist oblique aerial photographs taken between 1984 and 1994, is interpreted as having formed over a later prehistoric or Roman trapezoidal single ditched enclosure with a possible boundary ditch attached.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric rectilinear, single ditched enclosure, ring ditches and linears south of Vinnicombe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1046391
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/174

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1984, DAP 3536, DAP 3536/10A-11 07-JUN-1984 (BO) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358521.

Part of the enclosure is visible as a dark cropmark, and the curvilinear feature adjoining its north-west side is visible as a curving line of higher crops.

Historic England, 1984, NMR 2162, NMR 2162/118-119 27-JUN-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357541.

A dark linear cropmark is visible.

Robinson, R., 1987 - 2000, Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project (Un-published). SDV342165.

Site lies on gentle east slope. The east side shows as a faint ditch. Two barrows adjacent to W (PRN 37370). Other details: Photos X 14-18.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6706, DAP 6706/14-15 16-JUN-1989 (LW) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358501.

The enclosure is clearly visible.

Griffith, F. M., 1989, DAP/LW, 14, 15 (Aerial Photograph). SDV286914.

Rectilinear single-ditched enclosure about 60m x 50m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark in 1989 by F. Griffith.

Griffith, F. M., 1989, DAP/ND, 14, 15 (Aerial Photograph). SDV283812.

Griffith, F. M., 1994, DAP/XK, DCC DAP/XK 6 09-AUG-1994 (Aerial Photograph). SDV307288.

The enclosure is visible, albeit more faintly, on frames 3-6.

Devon County Council, 1996, DAP/AAL, 9-12 (Aerial Photograph). SDV283814.

Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.

Other details: Cornwall County Council. A trapezoidal ditch is transcribed.

Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN166940 (Interpretation). SDV358473.

A transcription of a rectilinear ditch corresponds to the grid reference for PRN166940, recorded as “A polygonal univallate enclosure, 53m x 48m, is visible as a cropmark ditch on aerial photographs (p1) and was digitally plotted as part of the National Mapping Programme. A possible field boundary, visible as a crop mark ditch, is appended to the north west corner of the enclosure and runs northwards for 100m”. The photograph reference is DCC DAP BO/10A (NMR SX9085/03) 07-Jul-1984.

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

A trapezoidal dark cropmark, up to 4 metres wide, is visible on specialist oblique aerial photographs taken between 1984 and 1994. A narrower curvilinear feature apparently adjoining its north-west corner is also visible, showing as a curving line of higher crops on aerial photographs taken in July 1984. In form this feature is typically later prehistoric or Roman in date, and is interpreted as a trapezoidal single ditched enclosure with a possible boundary ditch attached.
This feature had been transcribed during the North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass NMP project, corresponding to the grid reference for field system PRN166940, and so has not been re-transcribed for the EMDRC project.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted by the survey are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. In some cases these have been recorded as separate sources. This is because variations in the way the prints have been processed could result in images on which archaeological features are visible to a greater or lesser degree.

Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE84 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.

(SX 90426 85903) Enclosure west of Kennford. Enclosure MDV52103 identified on the 2018 Google Earth aerial image. Bronze Age to Romano-British in date. Further pits MDV121628 in the field to the north-west also seen.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV283812	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1989. DAP/ND. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 14, 15.
SDV283814	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1996. DAP/AAL. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 9-12.
SDV286914	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1989. DAP/LW. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 14, 15.
SDV307288	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1994. DAP/XK. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC DAP/XK 6 09-AUG-1994.
SDV321540	Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Digital. [Mapped feature: #94202 ]
SDV342165	Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1987 - 2000. Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project. Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project. A4 Unbound.
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
SDV357541	Aerial Photograph: Historic England. 1984. NMR 2162. NMR Aerial Photograph. Print. NMR 2162/118-119 27-JUN-1984.
SDV358473	Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. PRN166940.
SDV358501	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6706. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6706/14-15 16-JUN-1989 (LW).
SDV358521	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1984. DAP 3536. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 3536/10A-11 07-JUN-1984 (BO).

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1390 - Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project
• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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