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| HER Number: | MDV63354 |
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| Name: | Woodberry north of Moor Sand, East Portlemouth |
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Summary
Site known as Woodberry may signify an Iron Age defensive site to the north of Moor Sand.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 763 367 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX73NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | East Portlemouth |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | EAST PORTLEMOUTH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 444244
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX73NE/68
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HILLFORT (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Waterhouse, R., 2000, East Portlemouth Heritage Appraisal: An Archaeological History of the Parish (Report - non-specific). SDV340515.
Site known as woodberry may have been an iron age ovoid enclosure covering about a third of a hectare. Part of rampart fossilised in later curving hedgebank. Name comes from Anglo-Saxon 'burh' a fortification in or near a wood which appears to have occupied the valley to the southeast.
Pink, F., 2014-2015, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment (Interpretation). SDV357736.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV340515 | Report - non-specific: Waterhouse, R.. 2000. East Portlemouth Heritage Appraisal: An Archaeological History of the Parish. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV357736 | Interpretation: Pink, F.. 2014-2015. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey Desk-Based Assessment. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail
| Date Last Edited: | May 6 2015 3:58PM |
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