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Summary

A number of dark oval cropmarks, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1976, closely correspond to tree ring enclosures depicted on the late-19th century OS maps. One cropmark corresponds to a feature previously recorded as a prehistoric enclosure.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST30SW/177

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) ENCLOSURE (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))
• TREE ENCLOSURE RING (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV113034.

Small irregular single ditched enclosure, diam c.40m. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f. Griffith in 1989 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV113036.

Aph=dap/ne 6,7/(1/7/1989).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV113037.

Des=drpfp 1998 + photos bo3-4.

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=12/10/1998 (robinson) site lies on sw slope. No visible earthworks. Possibility that it is a tree ring cropmark. Land falls steeply to w + s (dprfp).

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Several tree enclosures are depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3419-3420 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Several roughly oval areas of bare ground are depicted.

Ordnance Survey, 1976, OS/76051, OS/76051 V 019-020 08-MAY-1976 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359323.

Several curvilinear dark cropmarks are visible.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

A number of dark curvilinear cropmarks forming rough ovals are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1976. They closely correspond to tree ring enclosures depicted on the late-19th century OS maps, and may have formed over drainage ditches that surrounded these enclosures. The trees appear to have been removed in the mid-20th century, with six apparently recently cleared and visible as areas of bare earth on aerial photographs taken in 1947. One of the cropmarks, centred at 332740,100141, corresponds to a feature previously recorded as a prehistoric enclosure from aerial reconnaissance in 1989.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV113034	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV113036	Aerial Photograph:
SDV113037	Migrated Record:
SDV262469	Migrated Record: DPRFP.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 3419-3420 11-APR-1947.
SDV359323	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1976. OS/76051. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/76051 V 019-020 08-MAY-1976. [Mapped feature: #96538 ]
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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