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Summary

A curvilinear ditch visible as a cropmark on aerial photographs of 2020, on the steep east-facing slopes above Hollowmoor Cleave Wood, might represent the western edge of an enclosure of prehistoric date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Smart, C., 2023, Aerial Photograph Interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366138.

A curvilinear ditch is visible as a cropmark.

Google, 2023, Google Earth Pro, XX-MAY-2024 (Aerial Photograph). SDV365802.

A curvilinear ditch is visible as a cropmark.

Hegarty, C., 2024, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project lidar interpretation and associated aerial photograph interpretations (Personal Comment). SDV366085.

A curvilinear cropmark up to 3m wide and nearly 100m long is visible on aerial photographs of 2020 crossing the contours of on the steep east-facing slopes above Hollowmoor Cleave Wood. The ditch might represent the western edge of an enclosure of prehistoric date. A break in the cropmark at its westernmost point might represent an entrance. The eastern, downslope extent of the possible enclosure is not identifiable as a cropmark.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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