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| HER Number: | MDV135624 |
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| Name: | Oval enclosure, Bickleigh Ball, Kingsteignton |
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Summary
A possible oval enclosure is visible as curvilinear earthwork banks on the south-facing slopes at Bickleigh Ball, east of Kingsteignton. The visible earthworks may be geological in origin.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 885 741 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX87SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Kingsteignton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | KINGSTEIGNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NON ANTIQUITY? (Unknown date)
- OVAL ENCLOSURE? (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC? (Between) to 409 AD? (Between))
Full description
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (single years) (Aerial Photograph). SDV365735.
Curvilinear features, possibly banks, are visible as irregular cropmarks.
Environment Agency, 2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation (Cartographic). SDV366001.
Curvilinear features, possibly banks, are visible as earthworks.
Hegarty, C., 2025, Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations (Interpretation). SDV366411.
Possible curvilinear banks are visible on images derived from lidar data as broad, probably plough spread earthworks up to 22m wide. The earthworks define the eastern and south-eastern sides of an oval area approximately 130m long and 100m wide. The western side of the oval area may be incorporated into the extant field boundary. The earthworks may be the remains of an enclosure of prehistoric date, but are thought to probably be geological and not archaeological in origin.
Horner, B., 2025, Lidar interpretation (Personal Comment). SDV366415.
South and east side of possible ovoid enclosure on LiDAR. Also on aerial photographs (e.g. 2015). West side possibly reflected in curve of field boundary. May be geology.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV365735 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (single years). Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV366001 | Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2021. University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Lidar visualisation. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143783 ] |
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| SDV366411 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C.. 2025. Comment on Unlocking Landscapes project and related lidar and aerial photograph interpretations. Not Applicable. |
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| SDV366415 | Personal Comment: Horner, B.. 2025. Lidar interpretation. Not Applicable. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 28 2025 11:14AM |
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