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Summary

Linear ditched features of possible late prehistoric to Roman date are visible on aerial photographs as cropmarks east of the River Exe, to the south of Latchmoor Green. The cropmarks might be evidence of a former ditched field boundary or trackway.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric or Romano-British rectilinear and curvilinear ditched enclosures, ring ditches, water channel, pits, linears, pits and artefact scatters south of Rudway Barton

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1038576
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SW/137

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
• TRACKWAY (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions (Cartographic). SDV344181.

Linear cropmarks are visible.

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127023.

Linear feature first recorded by dap as cropmark (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV127025.

Aph=dap.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127026.

Nmr=ss90sw40.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127027.

Des=miller, a. /(9/2/1996)/rchme ap primary recording project.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV127028.

Aph=nmr ss9300/2-6,13.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV127029.

Aph=dap/iu 10,11/(10/7/1987).

Miller, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV13030.

Rapid examination of ap suggests the presence of a linear feature, possibly a trackway, of uncertain date, visible as cropmarks of 2 parallel linears, extending form ss93800103 to ss93940101, where the n linear curves ne, possibly to extend towards the possible trackway ss90sw/135 (miller).

Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 1953, CAP/MH, CUCAP MH65, 67, 69 05-JUL-1953 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357463.

Linear cropmarks are visible.

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

Two parallel linear ditched features of possible late prehistoric to Roman date are visible on aerial photographs as narrow cropmarks on the floodplain of the River Exe, roughly 530 metres to the south of Latchmoor Green.
The linear cropmarks are orientated approximately WNW-ESE and are intermittently visible as parallel ditches less than 2 metres wide and about 4 metres apart for about 110 metres.
At the south-eastern end of the visible cropmarks, the northern linear appears to divert from the parallel association with the southern ditch, curving to the north for circa 50 metres.
The cropmarks might be evidence of ditched field boundaries, or potentially are evidence of a former ditched trackway. A similar feature is recorded approximately 220 metres to the south, although it is not clear from the aerial photographic evidence alone if the two possible trackways are connected.

Bayer, O. J. + Griffith, F. M., 2021, Prehistoric Monument Complexes in the Lower Exe Basin, 17; Figs 8, 9 (Article in Serial). SDV365335.

It is suggested that a series of double-ditched boundaries that define a large sub-rectangular enclosures to the south-east of a Romano-British enclosure (MDV81355) and field system (MDV1280) are also Romano-British in date. These boundaries overlie enclosure MDV1279, bracketing its north-west side and entrance. Further linear features on a similar orientation protrude into the northern half of the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV127023	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV127025	Aerial Photograph:
SDV127026	Migrated Record:
SDV127027	Migrated Record:
SDV127028	Aerial Photograph:
SDV127029	Aerial Photograph:
SDV13030	Migrated Record: Miller, A..
SDV344181	Cartographic: Devon County Council. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Map (Digital).
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
SDV357463	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. 1953. CAP/MH. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). CUCAP MH65, 67, 69 05-JUL-1953. [Mapped feature: #95272 ]
SDV365335	Article in Serial: Bayer, O. J. + Griffith, F. M.. 2021. Prehistoric Monument Complexes in the Lower Exe Basin. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 79. Paperback Volume. 17; Figs 8, 9.

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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