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| HER Number: | MDV59056 |
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| Name: | Rectilinear enclosure north of Sorley Grange, Churchstow |
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Summary
Dark cropmarks which have formed over the buried ditches of a double-ditched rectilinear enclosure of potential late prehistoric or Roman date are visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 1996.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 727 471 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX74NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Churchstow |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEST ALVINGTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric double ditched rectangular enclosure north of Sorley
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX74NW/105
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV170572.
Double ditched rectangular enclosure, external diam c.60m with entrance gap in se side. Curved internal feature. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1996 (aph).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV170574.
Aph=dap/aay 12(31/7/1996).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV170575.
Des=dprfp 1997 + photos bl 3,4.
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Vis=12/12/1997 (robinson) site lies on a gentle s slope and coincides with a faint but definite hollow in the slope. Field name 'borough' to s (dprfp).
Horner, B., 1996, DAP/AAY, Devon County Council DAP/AAY 11-15 31-JUL-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV177425.
Dark linear cropmarks are visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
Dark linear cropmarks, interpreted as having formed over buried ditches, circa 3m wide, are visible on oblique aerial photographs taken in 1996. The cropmarks form three sides of a rectilinear enclosure that measures circa 63m across, with sub-angular corners visible to the northeast and northwest. The southwest edge of the enclosure which presumably lies within the adjacent land parcel is under pasture and is not visible. The morphology of the cropmarks suggests a late prehistoric or Roman date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV170572 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV170574 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV170575 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV177425 | Aerial Photograph: Horner, B.. 1996. DAP/AAY. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council DAP/AAY 11-15 31-JUL-1996. [Mapped feature: #124308 ] |
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| SDV262469 | Migrated Record: DPRFP. |
| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 8 2020 12:12PM |
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