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HER Number:MDV59015
Name:Ring Ditch to the northeast of Wallflower Cottages

Summary

A ring ditch of a probable prehistoric barrow is visible as a cropmark ditch on specialist oblique aerial photographs of 1989, to the northeast of Wallflower Cottages.

Location

Grid Reference:ST 007 146
Map Sheet:ST01SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishUplowman
DistrictMid Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishUPLOWMAN

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST01SW/132

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))

Full description

NMR, CITING MILLER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV53939.

Rapid examination of ap suggests the presence of 4 probable prehistoric or roman round barrow sites, visible as ring ditch cropmarks. See also st01sw/24, st01sw/130 + 131 (nmr, citing miller).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV53940.

Nmr=st01sw25.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV53941.

Des=miller, a. /(19/2/1998)/rchme ap primary recording project.


Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV53942.

Aph=nrm/st0014/1-12.


Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6720, DAP 6720/04 24-JUN-1989 (MK) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357410.

The ring ditch is visible as a cropmark ditch.


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

A ring ditch of a probable prehistoric barrow is visible as a cropmark ditch on specialist oblique aerial photographs of 1989, to the northeast of Wallflower Cottages. The uninterrupted sub-circular ring ditch measures approximately 17m in diameter and is sited on fairly level ground within an area where a linear alignment of three other ring-ditches has been recorded.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356883Interpretation: 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
SDV357410Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6720. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6720/04 24-JUN-1989 (MK). [Mapped feature: #96253 ]
SDV53939Migrated Record: NMR, CITING MILLER.
SDV53940Migrated Record:
SDV53941Migrated Record:
SDV53942Aerial Photograph:

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:Feb 23 2015 3:35PM