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HER Number:MDV122588
Name:Curvilinear Enclosure west of Mill Bottom Plantation, Haccombe with Combe

Summary

A curvilinear dark cropmark, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1950, may have formed over the buried remains of a ditched enclosure of possible later prehistoric date.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 909 713
Map Sheet:SX97SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishHaccombe with Combe
Civil ParishStokeinteignhead
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishSTOKEINTEIGNHEAD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The cropmark does not correspond to any mapped field boundaries.


Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/520, RAF/541/520 RP 3019-3020 13-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352112.

A curvilinear dark cropmark is visible.


Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.

A curvilinear dark cropmark, up to approximately 5 metres wide and covering a maximum extent of 65 by 75 metres, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1950. It may have formed over a ditched enclosure of possible later prehistoric date, but is only visible on a single sortie and interpretation is tentative.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV352112Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/520. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/520 RP 3019-3020 13-MAY-1950. [Mapped feature: #112782 ]
SDV359954Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV361305Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

Date Last Edited:Aug 6 2018 4:01PM