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Summary

A possible earthwork bank defined enclosure of prehistoric date is recorded at Mousehill Brake. No enclosure is visible on aerial photographs of this location. It is likely that former field boundaries of prehistoric date have been misinterpreted as a possible enclosure.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020710: Prehistoric field system on the cliffs above Littlecombe Shoot

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NE/27/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 852
• Old SAM Ref: 33049

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) ENCLOSURE (Prehistoric - 698000 BC to 42 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

AM, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV123220.

Vis=9/12/1970(am) a banked enclosure of uncertain date, 120 yards by 70yards. Bank a maximum of 4ft high with slight traces of external ditch on downhill side. Northern edge of earthwork destroyed by footpath. Scheduled with group of round barrows.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV123221.

Des=survey drawing(1:1,000)by rchme(1989)in parish file.

Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 139 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.

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

No enclosure is visible in this location as earthwork banks on the aerial photographs available to the NMP survey. It is likely that the former field boundaries of prehistoric date recorded to the west of Berry Camp have been misinterpreted as a possible enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV123220	Report - Survey: AM.
SDV123221	Migrated Record:
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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV351568	Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. 139.

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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