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Summary

An oval pit is visible as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photographs between 1947 and 2007 and a shallow depression on the ground in 1998. It is interpreted as a dew pond, or possibly a quarry, that predates the 1880s.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS54SW/138

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• POND (Unknown date)

Full description

Freeman, J. P., Pipe Trench Excavation (Worksheet). SDV76992.

Site visit 17th September 1998. Watching brief undertaken on cable trench in south-west corner of field. No archaeological features were observed and no finds recovered. The locations of a possible dewpond and a barrow were noted in the same field. The dew pond was a shallow depression filled with water about 10 metres diameter on a hilltop location. There was no evidence of a spring or outflow but the pond was reported not to have dried out in the previous four years.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF CPE/UK/1980, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1980 4112-4113 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350276.

A roughly circular pit is visible as an earthwork.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Tile: SS5444 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350196.

An oval earthwork pit is visible.

Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 1203 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.

Dewpond. Shallow depression filled with water. Recorded in 1998.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

An oval pit, roughly 16 by 18 metres in width, is visible as an earthwork and cropmark on aerial photographs between 1947 and 2007. It is likely to be the shallow, water-filled depression interpreted as a dewpond by Freeman when visited in 1998. Whilst close to numerous barrows, there is no indication of a bank around the hollow that could identify it as a later prehistoric pond barrow. It is sited just off the crest of the hill, a position more consistent with an interpretation as a dew pond, although several quarries are present in the area suggesting that it could be an extraction pit. It is not depicted on late nineteenth century maps and is therefore likely to predate the 1880s.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV339712	Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 1203.
SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
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SDV350196	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Tile: SS5444 03-MAY-2007. [Mapped feature: #96530 ]
SDV350276	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1980. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1980 4112-4113 11-APR-1947.
SDV76992	Worksheet: Freeman, J. P.. Pipe Trench Excavation. Worksheet + Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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