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Summary

A roughly square possible ditched enclosure of probable late prehistoric to Roman date was visible on aerial photographs of 1990 as a cropmark on the south facing slopes overlooking Chillacombe Farm, Broad Clyst.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Cropmarks of enclosure of late Prehistoric or Roman date to north of Chillacombe Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NE/76

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). SDV107223.

Small rectangular single ditched enclosure about 40m x 30m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1990 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV107226.

Aph=dap/ri 10,11/(7/6/1990).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107227.

Des=dprfp(1994).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV107228.

Des=the national trust/killerton estate archaeological survey: part 4: the farms: ashclyst - elbury/(2000)404/8/copy in smr.

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=3/6/1994 (robinson) site lies on the rounded end of a spur, on a gentle s slope. No visible earthworks (dprfp).

National Trust, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52.

Two opposed corners + parts of the sides of a rectilinear enclosure are visible. Enclosure likely to be late prehistoric or romano british. In 1992 a mound was noticed in the northern part of the field (nt).

Devon County Council, 1990, DAP 6873, DAP 6873/10-11 07-JUN-1990 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357618.

A possible enclosure was visible as cropmarks.

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

A roughly possible square ditched enclosure of probable late prehistoric to Roman date was visible on aerial photographs of 1990 as a cropmark on the south facing slopes overlooking Chillacombe Farm, Broad Clyst.
The cropmarks are up to 2 metres in width and, although partial - significant sections of the north and south edges of the enclosure are obscured by darker areas of crop of probable natural origin - appear to define an enclosure approximately 30 metres square. Further linear cropmarks of possible buried ditched features to the north-west and south might be evidence of boundaries associated with the enclosure.
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.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV107223	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV107226	Aerial Photograph:
SDV107227	Migrated Record:
SDV107228	Migrated Record:
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
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
SDV357618	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1990. DAP 6873. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6873/10-11 07-JUN-1990. [Mapped feature: #94207 ]
SDV52	Migrated Record: National Trust.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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