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HER Number: | MDV58482 |
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Name: | Ring Ditch and Linear Features to the south of Downes Farm |
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Summary
Ring ditch and linear features visible on aerial photograph
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 848 996 |
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Map Sheet: | SX89NW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Crediton Hamlets |
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District | Mid Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | CREDITON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch and linears or 17th century or later parkland landscape feature south east of Downes Home Farm
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX89NW/102
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RING DITCH (Lower Palaeolithic to XXI - 698000 BC to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Geonex UK, 1992, Run 16 (Aerial Photograph). SDV54236.
Other details: 117/92/234.
Horner, W., 1997, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV54235.
Pronounced ring ditch recorded as darker grass growth on 1992 Geonex aerial photograph. In field adjoining and south of Downes Farm. Also associated linear features. May be former barrow or possibly a parkland landscape feature such as a tree ring or ring-pond.
Morton, R., 2006, Land south of Exeter Road, Crediton: Archaeological desk-based assessment and archaeological recording, 10 (Report - Assessment). SDV337718.
Ring ditch & three fairly short linear cropmarks (Site 5) to the north of the Exeter Road to the east of Crediton. The ring ditch may represent a slightly larger Prehistoric round barrow. Other details: Fig 2 & Appendix A.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV337718 | Report - Assessment: Morton, R.. 2006. Land south of Exeter Road, Crediton: Archaeological desk-based assessment and archaeological recording. Cotswold Archeological Trust Report. 06100. A4 Stapled + Digital. 10. |
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SDV54235 | Personal Comment: Horner, W.. 1997. |
SDV54236 | Aerial Photograph: Geonex UK. 1992. Run 16. Photograph (Paper). |
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Associated Monuments
MDV56054 | Related to: Circular Cropmark to the southeast of Crediton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4151 - Site of Proposed Tesco Store at Crediton
Date Last Edited: | Jun 27 2019 1:18PM |
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