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Summary

Curvilinear hollows are visible on images derived from lidar data as subtle earthworks on the south-east facing slopes overlooking the confluence of the Yeo and Troney Rivers. The earthworks might be evidence of a curvilinear enclosure of prehistoric date but could be natural in origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NON ANTIQUITY? (Unknown date)
• CURVILINEAR ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? (Between) to 701 BC? (Between))

Full description

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

Curvilinear ditches or hollows are visible as subtle earthworks on the south-east facing slopes overlooking the confluence of the Yeo and Troney Rivers.

Hegarty, C., 2025, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations (Interpretation). SDV366411.

Curvilinear hollows up to circa 10m wide are visible on images derived from lidar data as subtle earthworks defining a possible enclosure up to approximately 230m in diameter, on the south-east facing slopes overlooking the confluence of the Yeo and Troney Rivers. Morphologically, an enclosure of this type could potentially be Neolithic or Bronze Age in date, but it is possible that the earthworks are non-archaeological in date and are simply natural drainage features.

Horner, B., 2025, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366415.

A possible large enclosure south of Keymelford, Colebrooke, but could be a coincidence of drainage and topography. It is At the confluence of the Yeo and Troney.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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