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| HER Number: | MDV135262 |
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| Name: | Rectilinear enclosure on Hense Moor, Luppitt |
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Summary
A double banked rectilinear enclosure and possibly associated field boundaries of probable Romano-British date are visible as earthworks on images derived from lidar data, on the east-facing slopes of Hense Moor, Luppitt Parish, to the north-east of Hensemoor House.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 173 080 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Luppitt |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LUPPITT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECTILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.
Earthwork banks approximately 5m wide are visible enclosing a rectilinear area approximately 31m by 29m in size. A 4m wide break in the southernmost bank may represent an entrance. A further linear bank up to 7m wide situated approximately 15m to the south-west and south-east and aligned parallel to the rectilinear enclosure probably defines a second, outer enclosure circuit. Linear and curvilinear banks visible as earthworks approximately 70m to the south possibly represent a field system associated with the rectilinear enclosure.
Hegarty, C., 2024, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366085.
The earthworks of the Romano-British enclosure and associated field system were potentially incorporated into later, medieval or post-medieval piecemeal enclosure or encroachment onto Hence Moor.
Horner, B., 2024, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366090.
The morphology of the rectilinear enclosure as visible on the Unlocking Landscapes lidar visualisation supports an interpretation as a farmstead settlement of probable Romano-British date, although a medieval origin is possible.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV366001 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2021. University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143136 ] |
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| SDV366085 | Personal Comment: Hegarty, C.. 2024. Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project interpretation. Not Applicable. |
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| SDV366090 | Personal Comment: Horner, B.. 2024. Lidar interpretation. Not Applicable. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV49868 | Related to: Field and enclosures System on Hense Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 30 2024 2:44PM |
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