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Summary

A rectilinear enclosure of probable later prehistoric date is visible on images derived from lidar data as subtle earthworks located on the east facing slopes of a west-east aligned ridge, to the north of Titchen’s Lane, Loxbeare parish. The enclosure is bisected by the road from Temple Farm Cross to Kitterbury Farm, the northern part falling within a field named Castle Close on the Tithe Apportionments for Loxbeare.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91SW/18

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

Field name castle close on tithe map (t. M. ). A reasonable position for a defensive site, on a watershed above 250m. Note place name "kitterbury" just below (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57633.

Des=t. M. + t. A.18/(1839).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV57634.

Des=os 6" map/(1971).

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV118 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

HER cites tithe field name 'Castle Close' as evidence for site of an earthwork (no archaeological evidence known). A univallate enclosure, measuring c. 130m diameter, is clearly visible on lidar imagery. It is ovoid in shape and a short length of the NW defences are fossilised beneath an extant hedgebank.

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

A bank and ditch are visible as slight earthworks.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV9082 - Lidar Survey: University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project

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