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HER Number:MDV54069
Name:Linear Cropmarks, West of Seckerleigh Cross

Summary

A complex of linked linear cropmarks were visible on aerial photographs of 1989, to the west of Seckerleigh Cross. The cropmarks are likely the result of modern drainage.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 979 101
Map Sheet:SS91SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishHalberton
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishHALBERTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91SE/358

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • DRAIN (Modern - 1751 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Complex of linked linear marks. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1989 (ap)vis=robinson, r.8/2/1995/ marks lie on the side of a small valley. Owner remembers laying field drains here which coincide with marks (dprfp).


Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV40940.

Aph=dap/p16(10/8/1989).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV40941.

Des=dprfp 1995(and photos dprfp bc21 - 23).


Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6880/, DAP 6828/05 10-AUG-1989 (PI) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357344.

A series of linear cropmarks are visible.


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

The cropmarks visible on oblique aerial photographs of 1989 were similarly interpreted as being of modern agricultural origin, most likely as part of a series of drains, and as such were not transcribed as part of this survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV262469Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV356883Interpretation: 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
SDV357344Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6880/. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6828/05 10-AUG-1989 (PI).
SDV40940Aerial Photograph:
SDV40941Migrated Record:

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:Nov 4 2014 3:15PM