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Summary

A small ring ditch of probable later prehistoric to Roman date was visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as a cropmark on the gentle south-east facing combe slopes between Cutton Farm and the M5 Motorway, Poltimore.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditch north west of Reed's Cottages

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1047892
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99NE/98

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• ROUND HOUSE (DOMESTIC) (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6762, DAP 6762/01 03-JUL-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357383.

A ring ditch is visible as a cropmark.

Griffith, F., 1989, DAP/NO, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV338572.

Ring ditch, east of Cutton Farm, recorded from the air as a cropmark.

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

A small ring ditch was visible on aerial photographs of 1989 as a sli cropmark on the gentle south-east facing combe slopes between Cutton Farm and the M5 Motorway, Poltimore. The cropmark was just over 1 metre wide and enclosed an area approximately 8 metres in diameter. The south-eastern edge of the cropmark was obscured by a small plantation or copse. No internal features were identifiable. It is possible that the cropmark had formed over the buried remains of a drip gulley of a small round house of probable later prehistoric to Roman date.
Many of the aerial photographs consulted by the survey are copies of DAPs held by the Historic England Archive. In some cases these have been recorded as separate sources. This is because variations in the way the prints have been processed could result in images on which archaeological features are visible to a greater or lesser degree.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV338572	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F.. 1989. DAP/NO. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV357383	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6762. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6762/01 03-JUL-1989. [Mapped feature: #96836 ]

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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