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| HER Number: | MDV79250 |
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| Name: | Group of Pits to North of Shobrooke House |
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Summary
A number of pits of potential prehistoric or Romano-British date are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1989 and 1994, to the north of Shobrooke House.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 860 014 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS80SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shobrooke |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHOBROOKE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PIT CLUSTER (Unknown date)
Full description
Devon County Council, Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions (Cartographic). SDV344181.
Two pits marked in north-west area of field to north of Shobrooke House.
Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.
A number of pits marked in north-west area of field to north of Shobrooke House.
Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records (Interpretation). SDV358473.
Six ring ditches between 10m and 15m in diameter, are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs (p1-2) and were digitally plotted during the National Mapping Programme. The western half to a seventh circular enclosure, 16m across is also visible. These features may be the plough-levelled remains of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, being situated on the crest of a small hill. Alternatively, they may form part of a hut-circle settlement of later prehistoric date and the presence of numerous small pits and other rectilinear settlement enclosures immediatey to the east (described in CIN 50135) adds weight to this interpretation.
Photograph references:
1. DCC DAP MA 07 (NMR SS8601/9 (DAP 6710)) 20-JUN-1989
2. DCC DAP WO 5,7-9,12 14-JUL-1994
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2017-2018, Backlog recording of the Winkleigh National Mapping Programme Survey (Personal Comment). SDV360588.
The six ring ditches decribed by Young & Turner is recorded as a separate monument, MDV50136.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV321540 | Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Plot of Cropmarks. Digital. [Mapped feature: #111471 ] |
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| SDV344181 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV358473 | Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. |
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| SDV360588 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2017-2018. Backlog recording of the Winkleigh National Mapping Programme Survey. Not Applicable. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV50136 | Related to: Cropmarks to east of Shobrooke Park (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 17 2018 2:09PM |
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