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Summary

A roughly rectilinear or trapezoidal possible ditched enclosure of probable later prehistoric or Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as cropmarks on gentle south facing slopes overlooking a steeply incised combe to the west and the gentler slopes above East Bowley to the south.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric subrectangular enclosure and internal feature north west of East Bowley

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1038612
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SW/142

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• TRAPEZOIDAL ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35994.

Small subrectangular enclosure with dark circular mark in interior, width c.25m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1989 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV35996.

Aph=dap/ms10(27/6/1989).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35997.

Des=drpfp 1996 + photos bg19-22.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35998.

Nmr=ss90sw58.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV35999.

Des=miller, a. /(12/2/1996)/rchme ap primary recording project.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV36000.

Aph=nmr/ss9104/4-5.

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=21/5/1996 (robinson) + 12/6/1996 (griffith) site lies on gentle sw slope. The unrecorded e side may be incorporated in field bank which is here more substantial (dprfp).

DCC, 1989, DAP 6728, DAP 6728/09-10 27-JUN-1989 (MS) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358004.

Rectilinear or trapezoidal cropmarks of ditched features are visible.

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

A roughly rectilinear or trapezoidal possible ditched enclosure of probable later prehistoric or Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as cropmarks on gentle south facing slopes overlooking a steeply incised combe to the west and the gentler slopes above East Bowley to the south.
The enclosure ditches are on average less than 3 metres wide, enclosing a space up to 25 by 30 metres in size. The south-eastern enclosure boundary is not identifiable and might be incorporated into the extant field boundary.
The ditches might enclose a smaller circular ditched feature, approximately 15 metres in diameter, but the cropmarks are not clearly defined enough for a confident interpretation. A linear cropmark of a possible ditch also appears to project for circa 10 metres from the interior to the exterior of the northern edge of the enclosure; further work is recommended to investigate this and the internal features.

Sources / Further Reading

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
SDV358004	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1989. DAP 6728. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6728/09-10 27-JUN-1989 (MS). [Mapped feature: #95435 ]
SDV35994	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV35996	Aerial Photograph:
SDV35997	Migrated Record:
SDV35998	Migrated Record:
SDV35999	Migrated Record:
SDV36000	Aerial Photograph:

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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