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| HER Number: | MDV59061 |
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| Name: | Cropmarks, south of Venn Cross, Woodland |
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Summary
Cropmarks visible on aerial photographs taken in 1996 to the south of Venn Cross, Woodland, and formerly recorded as a possible prehistoric enclosure are interpreted as being more likely of modern agricultural origin.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 797 689 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX76NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Woodland |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WOODLAND |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Prehistoric rectangular, single ditched enclosure south west of Venn Cross
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76NE/272
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NON ANTIQUITY (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE? (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.
Vis=14/1/1998 (robinson) site lies in a hollow in a gentle s slope. No visible earthworks (dprfp).
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV307911.
Rectangular single ditched enclosure c.50m x 20m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark in 1966 by f. Griffith (aph).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV307913.
Aph=dap/aak9(19/7/1996).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV307914.
Des=dprfp 1998 + photo bl 24.
Devon County Council, 1996, DAP/AAK, Devon County Council DAP AAK/10 19-JUL-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV346459.
Faint dark cropmarks are visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.
No evidence to support an archaeological interpretation of this feature was seen on the aerial imagery available to the survey. The cropmarks which are visible in 1996 are instead interpreted as being of modern agricultural origin and so were not transcribed during this survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV262469 | Migrated Record: DPRFP. |
| SDV307911 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV307913 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV307914 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV346459 | Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1996. DAP/AAK. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council DAP AAK/10 19-JUL-1996. |
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| SDV361305 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 2 2018 3:15PM |
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