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Summary

A double or triple ditched rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of 1995 as cropmarks of ditches on the south-west facing slopes to the south-west of Whitely Cross, Ermington.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric double ditched sub-rectangular enclosure north west of Upton

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65SE/117

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV140332.

Rectangular double ditched enclosure about 90m x 50m, recorded from the air as a cropmark by f griffith in 1995 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV140334.

Aph=dap/yw4(8/8/1995).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV140335.

Des=dprfp 1996 + photos bg 28,29.

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=26/6/1996 (robinson) site lies on gentle se slope. No visible earthworks. Se corner is slighted by land that conforms to a pattern of long narrow fields, probably enclosed medieval strips (dprfp).

Griffith, F. M., 1995, DAP/YW, Devon County Council DAP/YW 3-6 08-AUG-1995Devon County Council DAP/YW 3-6 08-AUG-1995 (Aerial Photograph). SDV167757.

Cropmarks of ditches are visible defining a rectilinear enclosure.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Cropmarks of ditches circa 3m wide are visible on aerial photographs of 1995 defining a roughly rectilinear area circa 75m long and from 35m to 50m wide, aligned roughly north-west to south-east on the south-west facing slopes to the south-west of Whitely Cross.
At least one and possibly two outer circuits of ditch can be identified informing an interpretation as a double or triple ditched rectilinear enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman date.
The north-east corner is obscured by an extant field boundary. The south-east corner of the enclosure is cut by the line of the road south-east from Whitely Cross, but the continuation of the cropmarks cannot be identified in the field to the east on the photographs available to the survey. It is probable, however, that the ditches survive here as buried features.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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