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Summary

A possible double-ditched Iron Age or Romano-British enclosure is visible as rectilinear cropmarks on aerial photographs taken between 1970 and 2010. They are not as clearly defined as the enclosure immediately to the north, and interpretation is tentative.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004579: Earthwork enclosure S of Blackall's Copse
• SHINE: Iron Age or Romano-British sub-rectangular, double ditched enclosure, prehistoric rectilinear enclosure, prehistoric ring ditches and linears west of Lower Pottles
• Scheduled Monument 1004579: Earthwork enclosure S of Blackall's Copse

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98NW/17
• Old SAM County Ref: 952
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX98NW 22

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GEOLOGICAL MARKS? (Unknown date)
• DOUBLE DITCHED ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))
• RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

Griffith, F. M., Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV343612.

On Cambridge University Collection air photograph, BTS 60, part of another similar enclosure is visible to the south-east of the scheduled enclosure (MDV10026), centred at SX93258718 and two circular marks that may be ring ditches (MDV37364) are visible immediately to the west.

Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 1975, CUCAP BTS, CUCAP BTS059 03-JUL-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358912.

Rectilinear dark cropmarks are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79082, OS/79082 V 315-316 28-AUG-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355001.

Two linear dark cropmarks are visible.

Robinson, R., 1987 - 2000, Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project (Un-published). SDV342165.

Site visit 10th February 1989. Double ditched rectangular enclosure (MDV10026) (lying over the corners of three fields) with part of similar enclosure immediately to the south, and linear features to north-east. Site lies on very gentle north-east slope on the north side of a ridge, occupying the slight natural terrace in the slope. It has been affected by later lynchetting across the field boundaries that divide the main enclosure (MDV10026) into three, with a maximum 1 metre drop across the bank in the south-east corner.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9387 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

Two parallel dark linear cropmarks are visible.

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

Rectilinear cropmarks, circa 1 metre in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1975 and 2010. They are similar in appearance to the double-ditched enclosure immediately to the north (MDV10026), which originally included this feature. Covering a slightly smaller area at circa 75 metres square, they may have formed over the buried remains of later prehistoric or Romano-British ditches enclosing the northern part of a rectilinear area. However, the cropmarks are narrower and the corners less well-defined, and it is possible that they have a geological origin.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV342165	Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1987 - 2000. Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project. Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project. A4 Unbound.
SDV343612	Personal Comment: Griffith, F. M..
SDV355001	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79082. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/79082 V 315-316 28-AUG-1979.
SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX9387 22-MAY-2010.
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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SDV358912	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. 1975. CUCAP BTS. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. Photograph (Paper). CUCAP BTS059 03-JUL-1975. [Mapped feature: #72529 ]

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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