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HER Number:MDV52616
Name:Ditch south of enclosed settlement, Trowlesworthy Warren

Summary

Ditch running into southern arm of V-shaped drain SX56SE/385. Measures 115m long by 1.3m wide by 0.5m deep. Oriented south-east by north-west.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 575 643
Map Sheet:SX56SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishShaugh Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSHAUGH PRIOR

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/387

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • DITCH (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 22, 102.063 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Ditch running into southern arm of V-shaped drain SX56SE/385. Measures 115m long by 1.3m wide by 0.5m deep. Oriented south-east by north-west.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Southern part of the ditch is visible on the aerial photography; less clear at the north-western end where the National Trust (1994) state it runs into feature MDV52613. This feature is not recorded by the 2002 English Heritage Plym Valley survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV143510Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. 22, 102.063.
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #125611 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV52613Related to: Drain around enclosure, Trowlesworthy Warren (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
  • EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
  • EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

Date Last Edited:May 12 2020 8:30AM