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| HER Number: | MDV52111 |
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| Name: | Probable Natural Feature Northeast of Bishop’s Court |
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Summary
A circular cropmark which has been recorded within this record as a prehistoric enclosure is most likely the result of geological patterning in the ground.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 986 920 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX99SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Sowton |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | FARRINGDON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric circualr, single ditched enclosure south east of Fawn Cottage
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99SE/163
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV106282.
Small circular single-ditched enclosure, incomplete on e side, diam 30m.(possibly ring ditch). Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1987 (aph).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV106284.
Aph=dap/jj 5 (23/11/1987).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV106285.
Des=dprfp (1994) + photo y 9.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV106286.
Aph=dap/jj 2-4a/(23/11/1987).
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Vis=16/5/1994 (robinson) site lies on level ridge top. No visible traces (dprfp).
Ordnance Survey, 1992, OS/92197, OS/92197 V 012-013 14-JUN-1992 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358952.
A series of cropmarks caused by geological patterning are visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A circular cropmark which has been recorded within this record as a prehistoric enclosure is most likely the result of geological patterning in the ground. Aerial photographs of 1992 show a dense pattern of interlocking cropmarks likely caused by frost cracking and which correspond to the ‘enclosure’ recorded here.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV106282 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV106284 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV106285 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV106286 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| 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. |
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| SDV358952 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1992. OS/92197. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/92197 V 012-013 14-JUN-1992. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 2 2015 8:57AM |
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