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Summary

A cropmark enclosure ditch of probable prehistoric to Romano-British date is visible on oblique and vertical aerial photographs of 1994 and 1999, to the west of Knightshayes Lodge.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Bolham Roman Fort, prehistoric rectangular single ditched enclosure and D-shaped enclosure and artefact scatters south-east of Bolham House.

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Horner, B., 1994, DAP/XH, 32-35 (Aerial Photograph). SDV338147.

The enclosure is visible as a cropmark ditch.

Get Mapping, 1999, GM/121/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 343-44- 24-JUL-1999 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355055.

The enclosure is visible as a cropmark ditch.

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

A cropmark enclosure ditch of probable prehistoric to Romano-British date is visible on oblique and vertical aerial photographs of 1994 and 1999, to the west of Knightshayes Lodge. The sub-oval shaped enclosure measures approximately 61m in length by 50m in width, with a possible entrance to the southwest. The enclosure is sited on gentle west facing slope, on the edge of more steeply sloping ground which defines the eastern edge of the River Exe valley. A possible northwest to southeast aligned cropmark ditch is also visible on the southwest side of the enclosure, although it is unclear if the two features are associated. The enclosure is also located approximately 130m to the northwest of Bolham Hill Roman fort and approximately 410m to the south of a rectilinear cropmark enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV338147	Aerial Photograph: Horner, B.. 1994. DAP/XH. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 32-35. [Mapped feature: #100785 ]
SDV355055	Aerial Photograph: Get Mapping. 1999. GM/121/99. Get Mapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/121/99 343-44- 24-JUL-1999.
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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