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Summary

A ring ditch of probable later prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark circa ten to eleven metres inn diamater, on a gentle east facing slope near the head of a shallow combe between Langdon Lane and Langdon Road, Dawlish.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch north east of Peacock Haven

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX97NE/77

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=11/3/1996 (robinson) site lies in minor valley in general moderate ne slope; no visible mound (dprfp).

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV283312.

Small annular dark mark diam c.10m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f griffith in 1995 (aph).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV283316.

Des=dprfp 1996.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV283317.

Exeter/archaeology/archaeological assessment of swwsl dawlish sewage scheme/(ea report 97.04)/(1997)4.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.

Vis=-/-/1996 (ea) no surface remains visible. May represent plough-damaged remains of prehistoric burial mound (ea).

Griffith, F. M., 1994, DAP/WR, DCC DAP/WR3-4 18-JUL-1994 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350222.

A ring ditch cropmark is visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A ring ditch of probable later prehistoric date is visible as a cropmark on a gentle east facing slope near the head of a shallow combe between Langdon Lane and Langdon Road, Dawlish. The field displays marked and strong natural cropmark patterning from variations in the underlying soil moisture but most of the ring-ditch is visible; the ditch cropmark is approximately one metre wide and can be seen to enclose an area between ten and eleven metres in diameter. A faint roughly circular cropmark within the ring ditch might be interpreted as a central cut feature. The south-eastern segment of the enclosing ditch might have been cut by a small pit, visible as a cropmark circa three metres in diameter.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV283312	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV283316	Migrated Record:
SDV283317	Migrated Record:
SDV350222	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1994. DAP/WR. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC DAP/WR3-4 18-JUL-1994. [Mapped feature: #95426 ]
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV79	Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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