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Summary

A possible hillslope enclosure potentially of later-prehistoric to Roman date is visible on images derived from lidar data as a curvilinear earthwork bank and ditch on the south-west facing slope to the east of Buckeshayes Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HILLSLOPE ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

A bank and external ditch are visible as earthworks defining a curvilinear enclosure.

Horner, B., 2024, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366090.

A curvilinear earthwork bank and ditch are visible on images derived from lidar data enclosing an area approximately 74m by 86m in size, or just over 5000 square metres in area, on the south-west facing slope to the east of Buckeshayes Farm. The earthworks might represent a hillslope enclosure of later-prehistoric to Roman date that was fossilised within the medieval agricultural landscape and later enclosed by Buckeshayes Covert. Alternatively, the earthworks may simply represent intake of medieval date.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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