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HER Number:MDV63480
Name:Rectilinear Enclosure east of Hole, Denbury and Torbryan

Summary

A dark rectilinear cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in July 1992, may have formed over the buried ditches of a later-prehistoric ditched enclosure.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 788 709
Map Sheet:SX77SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishDenbury and Torbryan
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishTORBRYAN

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Undated rectilinear enclosure east of Hole Farm

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/237

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305660.

Rectilinear enclosure c.50m x 50m recorded from the air as a cropmark by w. Horner in 1992 (aph).


Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV305661.

Aph=dap/vj 33-35(2/7/1992).


Devon County Council, 1992, DAP 14400, DAP 14400/33-35 02-JUL-1992 (VJ) (Aerial Photograph). SDV361605.

A rectilinear, segmented dark cropmark is visible.


Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

A dark rectilinear cropmark in three parts, up to 2.5 metres wide and enclosing an area of approximately 45 by 42 metres, is visible on aerial photographs taken in July 1992. It may have formed over the buried ditches of a later-prehistoric ditched enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV305660Migrated Record: APH.
SDV305661Aerial Photograph:
SDV361305Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1
SDV361605Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1992. DAP 14400. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 14400/33-35 02-JUL-1992 (VJ). [Mapped feature: #97329 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

Date Last Edited:May 20 2019 3:23PM