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Summary

A rectilinear enclosure of potential prehistoric to Romano-British date is visible as a series of cropmark ditches on oblique aerial photographs of 1989 and vertical aerial photographs taken in 1984, to the southwest of Higher Marshrow.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Cropmarks of two prehistoric conjoined enclosures to south-east of Higher Marshrow
• SHINE: Cropmarks of two prehistoric conjoined enclosures to south-east of Higher Marshrow

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1046639
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/175

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=13/5/1994 (robinson) site lies on the end of a spur on a gentle east slope. No visible earthworks. The enclosure on the w is slighted by a green lane (dprfp).

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV286948.

Two conjoined rectangular single-ditched enclosures, one about 30m x 30m, the other similar but incomplete. Recorded from the air as a cropmark in 1989 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV286950.

Aph=dap/nc 5,6/(30/6/1989).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV286951.

Des=dprfp (1994) + photos y 3-5.

Ordnance Survey, 1984, OS/84168, OS/84168 V 003-004 03-Jul-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354845.

Two sides of the enclosure are visible as dark cropmarks.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6755, DAP 6755/05 30-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355004.

The rectilinear enclosure is visible as a series of cropmark ditches.

Manning, P. T., 2002, Archaeological Assessment of Site of a Proposed Golf Course at Exminster (Report - Assessment). SDV336123.

Manning, P. T., 2003, Archaeological Evaluation of a Proposed Golf Course Site, Exminster, Devon (Report - Evaluation). SDV336102.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

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

A rectilinear enclosure of potential prehistoric to Romano-British date is visible as a series of cropmark ditches on oblique aerial photographs of 1989, to the southwest of Higher Marshrow. The enclosure is situated on a level plateau on ground that slopes down gently further to the north, east and south. The enclosure is rectilinear in form, measures approximately 40m long by 36m wide and is marked by three well defined, angular corners. It is visible as a series of cropmark ditch segments which have been partly interrupted by extant field boundaries along its northern edge and with a possible entrance visible along its southern edge. An additional east to west aligned linear cropmark ditch extends from the southeast corner of the main enclosure and appears to either form part of an associated feature or represent evidence of an earlier/later phase of enclosure. The cropmark ditches were not visible on other aerial photographs or digital images made available to the survey.

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

Two sides of this enclosure are also visible as dark cropmarks on vertical aerial photographs taken in 1984.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV286948	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV286950	Aerial Photograph:
SDV286951	Migrated Record:
SDV336102	Report - Evaluation: Manning, P. T.. 2003. Archaeological Evaluation of a Proposed Golf Course Site, Exminster, Devon. Exeter Archaeology Report. 03.01. Unknown.
SDV336123	Report - Assessment: Manning, P. T.. 2002. Archaeological Assessment of Site of a Proposed Golf Course at Exminster. Exeter Archaeology Report. 02.67. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV346129	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital).
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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV354845	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1984. OS/84168. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/84168 V 003-004 03-Jul-1984.
SDV355004	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6755. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6755/05 30-JUN-1989. [Mapped feature: #94203 ]
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

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)
• EDV5316 - Evaluation of Proposed Golf Course Site, Exminster
• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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