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Summary

A bank-defined oval enclosure of possible prehistoric, but more probably post-medieval date is visible as an earthwork on images derived from lidar data, on the north-west facing combe slopes overlooking the River Deer to the northwest of Longlands Cross, Clawton parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• OVAL ENCLOSURE? (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC? (Between) to 409 AD? (Between))
• TREE CLUMP? (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV240 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

Oval enclosure but could be the remains of a landscaping plantation (see 1905 map) as a possible circular plantation shown 160m southwest of here.

Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.

An oval banked enclosure is visible as an earthwork.

Hegarty, C., 2024, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366085.

The enclosure measures approximately 23m in diameter, which seems a little small for a prehistoric enclosure with such a substantial bank, albeit probably somewhat spread. No ornamental tree clump is depicted on the Ordnance Survey second edition map available in the location suggested by the above authority, but a plantation or tree clump bank seems a more probable interpretation.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9082 - Lidar Survey: University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project

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