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Summary

A sub-rounded enclosure of potential prehistoric date is visible as a series of cropmark ditches on oblique aerial photographs of 1994 and on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2002, to the northwest of Powderham.

Location

Protected Status

• Registered Park or Garden (II*) 1000698: POWDERHAM CASTLE
• SHINE: Prehistoric circular enclosure and linears south west of White House
• Registered Park or Garden (II*) 1000698: POWDERHAM CASTLE
• SHINE: Prehistoric circular enclosure and linears south west of White House

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SE/169

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=16/1/1997 (robinson) the area of enclosure encircles the steep sided tip of a n facing spur. The ground falls steeply on all ids but the s. Faint earthworks are visible coinciding with the marks (dprfp).

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV296690.

Small circular enclosure defined by several incomplete curving lines. Adjacent linear marks. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1994 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV296692.

Aph=dap/wv6(18/7/1994).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV296693.

Des=dprfp 1997 + photos bj26-29, bh10.

Griffith, F. M., 1994, DAP/WV, DAP WV/7 18-JUL-1994 (Aerial Photograph). SDV22535.

The enclosure is visible as a series of cropmark ditches.

Next Perspectives, 2002, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9684 24-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351206.

The enclosure is partly visible as a cropmark ditch.

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

A sub-rounded enclosure of potential prehistoric date is visible as a series of cropmark ditches on oblique aerial photographs of 1994 and on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2002, to the northwest of Powderham. The enclosure is located on the tip of a moderately northeast sloping spur overlooking the Exe Estuary. The enclosure, which is only part visible on aerial photographs, is possibly double-ditched, with rounded corners to the south and a clearly defined entrance to the southwest. A number of outlying linear cropmark ditches are also visible to both the north and south and may represent associated features such as former field boundaries.

Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE74 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.

(SX 96081 84537) Enclosure and linears north-west of Powderham. Enclosure MDV57894 and linears to the south-west visible on the 2018 Google Earth aerial image. Bronze Age to Romano-British in date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV22535	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1994. DAP/WV. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP WV/7 18-JUL-1994. [Mapped feature: #95925 ]
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV296690	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV296692	Aerial Photograph:
SDV296693	Migrated Record:
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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SDV351206	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2002. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9684 24-SEP-2002.

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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