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Summary

Prehistoric outwork to the north of Holbury Camp, visible as a linear earthwork on aerial photographs in the 1940s and 1950s, but now obscured by tree cover.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019782: Slight univallate hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750m east of Holwell Lodge
• SHINE: Earthworks and below-ground archaeological remains of Holbury Camp; an Iron Age hillfort east of Holbeton

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65SW/8/1
• Old SAM Ref: 33768
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BANK (EARTHWORK) (Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - 900 BC to 500 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 2106-2107 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351061.

A tree covered linear earthwork bank is just visible.

Royal Air Force, 1951, RAF/540/497, RAF/540/497 RP 3074-3075 12-MAY-1951 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351212.

A tree covered linear earthwork bank is just visible.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2001, Slight Univallate Hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750 metres east of Holwell Lodge (Schedule Document). SDV167018.

Slight univallate hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750 metres east of Holwell Lodge has two outworks preserved in later field boundaries to the north and west. The northern section of outwork survives as a bank 210 metres long and 3 metres wide, falling steeply up to 2.5 metres from the field into a ditch 2 metres wide and 1 metre deep. The hedgebank follows the outer edge of this ditch, appearing to form a counterscarp bank in places 2 metres wide and up to 1.2 metres high. This falls steeply up to 5 metres and a woodland track follows its lower edge. At its eastern end the rampart disappears, but the track continues along the contour to the east into Yarninknowle Wood. Other details: Monument 33768.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

The outwork is visible as a linear earthwork bank circa 4 metres wide on aerial photographs between 1946 and 1951, although tree cover obscures the area on later available aerial photographs.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV167018	Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Slight Univallate Hillfort known as Holbury Camp, 750 metres east of Holwell Lodge. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled. [Mapped feature: #97466 ]
SDV351061	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1890 FP 2106-2107 10-DEC-1946.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351212	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1951. RAF/540/497. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/540/497 RP 3074-3075 12-MAY-1951.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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