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Summary

A roughly square ditched enclosure of probable late prehistoric to Roman date was visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the gentle east-facing slopes to the north-east of Hayes Farm, Poltimore.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric enclosure north east of Hayes Farm

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NE/83
• Pastscape: 1047920

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

AP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134919.

Small rectangular enclosure 50m x 50m recorded from the air as a cropmark in 1987 by f. Griffith (ap).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV134921.

Aph=dap/rq4,5/(19/6/1990).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV134922.

Aph=dap/iw5(17/7/1987).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134923.

Des=dprfp (1994) and photo z 11.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV134924.

Aph=dap/iw 4-6/(17/7/1987).

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=23/6/1994 (robinson) level valley field, no visible earthworks. Enclosure sx99ne/82 adjacent to n (dprfp).

DCC, 1987, DAP 5652, DAP 5652/05-06 17-JUL-1987 (IW) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357595.

A square cropmark was visible.

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

A roughly square ditched enclosure of probable late prehistoric to Roman date was visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the gentle east-facing slopes to the north-east of Hayes Farm, Poltimore. The cropmark was between 2.5 to 4 metres wide and defined a roughly square enclosed area circa 46 metres by 44 metres in size. The enclosure was in fact slightly irregular in shape, the eastern side being slightly wider than the western. The enclosure ditch on this face was slightly convex in plan, with a break of approximately 7 metres marking a possible entrance at the apex of the ditch. Very slight cropmarks might be evidence of a possible palisade or fence on the internal side of the entrance. No other internal features could be identified.
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

SDV134919	Migrated Record: AP.
SDV134921	Aerial Photograph:
SDV134922	Aerial Photograph:
SDV134923	Migrated Record:
SDV134924	Aerial Photograph:
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
SDV357595	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1987. DAP 5652. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5652/05-06 17-JUL-1987 (IW). [Mapped feature: #94773 ]

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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