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Summary

A concentration of possible pits of unknown date was visible on aerial photographs as cropmarks on the gentle slopes overlooking the floodplain of the River Exe to the north of Stoke Canon. The cropmarks have previously been recorded as a pit alignment of prehistoric or roman date, but the features appear too dispersed for such and interpretation.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1038633
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NW/247

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PIT (Unknown date)
• PIT CLUSTER? (Unknown date)

Full description

NMR, CITING MILLER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127206.

Rapid examination of ap suggests the presence of a possible pit alignment, of prehistoric or roman date, visible as cropmarks of 6 possible pits extending from sx93929888 to sx94049894, c.200m s of burrow farm. However, 3 other similar pit-like features are visible in this area, which may discount the pit alignment interpretation (nmr, citing miller).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127207.

Nmr=sx99nw/71.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127208.

Des=miller, a. /(12/2/1996)/rchme ap primary recording project.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV127209.

Aph=nmr/sx9498/1-2, 6-7, 11-16, 19-21, 24-27; sx9499/43.

English Heritage, 1984, NMR 2161, NMR 2161/222 26-JUN-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356816.

Ten or eleven pits were visible as cropmarks south of Burrow Farm, Stoke Canon.

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

A concentration of possible pits was visible on aerial photographs as cropmarks on the gentle slopes overlooking the floodplain of the River Exe to the north of Stoke Canon.
Ten or more pits measuring between 1 and 3 metres in diameter have been identified extending over an area of circa 0.4 hectares. The date and function of the possible pits are unknown, but they might be associated with the rectilinear enclosure of probable later prehistoric date immediately to the east.
The cropmarks have previously been recorded as a pit alignment of prehistoric or roman date, but the features appear too dispersed for such and interpretation.

Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE40 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.

(SX 93938 98887) Enclosures and linears south of Burrow Cottages. Enclosures - settlement MDV10275, MDV17197, MDV60649, MDV60650, MDV79247 visible on the 2018 Google Earth aerial images. Linears and enclosures also visible further south and field boundaries MDV79247 evident. Bronze Age to Romano-British in date.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV127206	Migrated Record: NMR, CITING MILLER.
SDV127207	Migrated Record:
SDV127208	Migrated Record:
SDV127209	Aerial Photograph:
SDV356816	Aerial Photograph: English Heritage. 1984. NMR 2161. NMR Aerial Photograph. Print. NMR 2161/222 26-JUN-1984.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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