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| HER Number: | MDV57878 |
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| Name: | Possible Cropmark West of Ellerhayes |
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Summary
A possible ring ditch, potentially the location of a barrow of Bronze Age date, is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark at the tip of a south-west facing spur west of Ellerhayes, overlooking the Culm valley.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 972 020 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS90SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Silverton |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SILVERTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch west of Ellerhayes
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SE/116
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING DITCH (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Vis=13/11/1996 (robinson) site lies on the crest of a ns ridge. No visible earthwork. Pale zone around the ring ditch is stonier than the surrounding soil and the owner finds it harder to plough and quicker to dry out (dprfp).
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV46638.
Dark annular mark diam c.25m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1995 (aph).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV46641.
Des=dprfp 1996 + photos bk10,11.
Horner, B., 1995, DAP/XQ, Devon County Council DAP/XQ 21-23 29-JUN-1995 (Aerial Photograph). SDV319974.
A possible ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.
A slightly irregularly shaped possible ring ditch is visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark at the tip of a south-west facing spur west of Ellerhayes, overlooking the Culm valley. The cropmark measures up to almost 3 metres in width and encloses and area up to 22 metres in diameter. The dark ring ditch is visible against a mottled paler background, possibly indicative of an outcrop of bedrock. The cropmark might mark the location of a barrow of Bronze Age date situated in a prominent and highly visible location location.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV262469 | Migrated Record: DPRFP. |
| SDV319974 | Aerial Photograph: Horner, B.. 1995. DAP/XQ. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council DAP/XQ 21-23 29-JUN-1995. [Mapped feature: #95913 ] |
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| SDV356883 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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| SDV46638 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV46641 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 13 2014 4:37PM |
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