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HER Number:MDV135040
Name:Enclosure on Kingston Hill, Colyton

Summary

An oval field recorded on the Colyton Tithe Map and Apportionment may represent a prehistoric hilltop enclosure.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 254 944
Map Sheet:SY29SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishColyton
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCOLYTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • OVAL ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to XIX - 700 BC? to 1900 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

An oval field depicted on the Colyton Tithe Map may represent a prehistoric hilltop enclosure. It is simply named as Little Plain Close on the corresponding Apportionment (Plot 918).

Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV365447.

The field is no longer extant but the former field boundaries show very clearly on LiDAR.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142830 ]
SDV365447Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2022. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 14 2024 2:11PM