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Summary

A small, incomplete ring ditch was visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark to the north of Singleton Park. The ring ditch could be evidence for a small barrow or round house of later prehistoric to Roman date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SE/109

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARROW? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• RING DITCH? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC)? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=3/4/1997 (robinson) site lies on almost level ground. No visible mound (dprfp).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV46642.

Small annular dark mark, diam c.15cm.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV46644.

Aph=dap/ag5(28/6/1984).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV46645.

Des=dprfp 1997 + photo bh36.

English Heritage, 1984, NMR 2163, NMR 2163/48 02-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357051.

A semi-circular cropmark is visble.

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

A small possible ring ditch was visible on aerial photographs as an incomplete, semi-circular cropmark to the north of Singleton Park. The cropmark was on average 1 metre wide and, if complete, would have enclosed a space approximately 13 metres in diameter. The cropmark fell within a wider area of cropmark evidence for prehistoric settlement, agriculture and funerary activity and could therefore be interpreted as evidence for a small barrow of Bronze Age date or potentially a round house of Iron Age to Roman date. However, the cropmark is faint and somewhat fragmentary in appearance and it must be considered possible that it is non-archaeological in origin. Further investigation is recommended.

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
SDV357051	Aerial Photograph: English Heritage. 1984. NMR 2163. English Heritage. Photograph (Paper). NMR 2163/48 02-JUL-1984. [Mapped feature: #95907 ]
SDV46642	Migrated Record:
SDV46644	Aerial Photograph:
SDV46645	Migrated Record:

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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