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| HER Number: | MDV103521 |
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| Name: | Enclosure West of Shorstone Farm |
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Summary
A subcircular enclosure is visible as a cropmark hollow with external bank on aerial photographs taken in 1946, and is interpreted as prehistoric in date.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 253 174 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS21NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Welcombe |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WELCOMBE |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Cropmarks of mounds forming part of a probable Bronze Age barrow cemetery to west of Shorstone Farm
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1793, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4016-4017 12-OCT-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349050.
Cornwall County Council, 2002, Cornwall National Mapping Programme (Archive - Survey). SDV350748.
A subcircular enclosure defined by 1 ditch, 1 bank, diameter 19m. Mapped as a cropmark hollow with external bank from aerial photographs taken in 1946. Interpreted as a prehistoric enclosure.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349050 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1793. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1793 4016-4017 12-OCT-1946. [Mapped feature: #63026 ] |
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| SDV350748 | Archive - Survey: Cornwall County Council. 2002. Cornwall National Mapping Programme. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 11 2019 4:06PM |
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