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Summary

An oval enclosure of probable Iron Age to Roman is visible on images derived from lidar data as a curvilinear earthwork bank and possible outer ditch near the summit of stoodley Beacon Hll, Stoodleigh parish.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of a circular enclosure marked, 'Stoodleigh Beacon' on the Parish Tithe Map of AD 1841, on the summit of Stoodleigh Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS81NE/2/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• OVAL ENCLOSURE (Early Iron Age to Roman - 700 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

TA, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1487.

Enclosure shown in 1841 (ta). Vis=19/11/1986 (fox + timms). Slight trace visible in pasture.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV39078.

Osa=ss81ne7.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV39079.

Polwhele, r. /history of devon 1/(1797)143.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV39080.

Russell, p. /tda/87(1955)283.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV39081.

Des=ta/(1841)field no 831(sketch in parish file).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV39082.

Des=fox + timms/as above.

Russell, P. M. G., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6591.

(os). A near circular earthwork on the summit of stoodley beacon hill. Two banks and a ditch. Area about half an acre. Some remains extant at ss885187.(russell).

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The inner area of the enclosure is depicted on the Tithe Map for Stoodleigh and is annotated as Stoodleigh Beacon.

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

An earthwork bank up to circa 8m wide is visible defining an oval enclosed area approximately 29m long and 18m wide. A possible outer ditch is visible as a subtle earthwork up to 7m wide. The earthwork has probably been eroded by modern agriculture.

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

An oval enclosure is visible as an earthwork. The inner area of the enclosure is depicted on the Tithe Map for Stoodleigh. The outer extent of earthwork is respected by the extant field boundaries, which have been characterised by Historic Landscape Characterisation as of medieval origin.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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