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Summary

A dark rectilinear cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken between 1992 and 1996, is interpreted as having formed over the buried remains of an infilled enclosure ditch of likely later prehistoric or Roman date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Cropmarks of two prehistoric ditched enclosures north-west of Higher Brenton

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1992, DAP 14403, DAP 14403/9 26-JUN-1992 (VF) (Aerial Photograph). SDV355693.

A rectilinear cropmark is indistinctly visible.

Devon County Council, 1996, DAP/AAL, DCC DAP/AAL 7-8 19-JUL-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV283814.

A rectilinear cropmark is visible.

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

A dark rectilinear cropmark, circa 2 metres wide and enclosing an area of approximately 35 by 23 metres, is visible on specialist oblique aerial photographs taken in the summer months between 1992 and 1996. It is interpreted as having formed over the buried remains of an infilled enclosure ditch of likely later prehistoric or Roman date.

Devon County Council, 2019, Google Earth Aerial Photograph Pilot Project, GE85 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363341.

(SX 90623 86856) Enclosure west of Haldon Valley Bungalow. Enclosures MDV52102 and MDV112723 identified on the 2018 Google Earth aerial image. Bronze Age to Romano-British in date. Further linear features to the west also identified.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV283814	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1996. DAP/AAL. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DCC DAP/AAL 7-8 19-JUL-1996. [Mapped feature: #72092 ]
SDV355693	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1992. DAP 14403. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 14403/9 26-JUN-1992 (VF).
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

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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