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Summary

Possible roman fort astride the line of the roman road west of the r troney (formerly the 'nymed').

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and cropmarks of possible Roman road and fort to south-west of Colebrooke

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX79NE/23

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FORT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

MAXFIELD IN KEPPIE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV38901.

A large rectangular field c 2.24 ha in area, lying astride putative road, not undoubtedly a fort (maxfield in keppie).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV3991.

Farmer said to regularly plough up stones (timms).

STEVENS IN MEGAW, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43747.

Possible roman fort. A 'suspicious looking square field' astride the line of the roman road west of the r troney (formerly the 'nymed'). Walked by stevens for pottery without result (stevens in megaw).

NMR CITING MILLER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43751.

Rapid examination of ap shows the field but no indications of a fort. The road does not seem to be visible (nmr citing miller).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43752.

Megaw, v. S.(ed)/to illustrate the monuments. /(1976)242/c. E. Stevens: the sacred wood.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43753.

Des=griffiths, d. M. /as above.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43754.

Keppie, l.(ed)/roman frontiers studies,1979/bar int. Ser.71(1980)300/ v. A. Maxfield:the roman military occupation of sw england:further light and fresh problems/copy in smr.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43755.

Des=timms, s. /(3/7/1985)information from yeoford school.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43756.

Griffith, f. /devon's past:an aerial view/(1988)56.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43757.

Osa=sx79ne6.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV43758.

Aph=dap/fx 9a-11(19/3/1986).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV43759.

Des=miller, a. /(21/2/1996)/rchme ap primary recording project.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV43760.

Aph=nmr/sx7698/1-5, 9-10, 12-13.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV43761.

Aph=dap/ku 1,1a/(1/7/1988).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV43762.

Aph=dap/nm 12,13/(3//1989).

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

Field named as Round Hill (plot 126) on the Colebrooke Tithe Map and Apportionment.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Square field.

Griffiths, D., 1983, ?Quay (Worksheet). SDV13596.

Vis=-/-/1976 (griffiths) field under plough. No pottery.

Salvatore, J. P. + Kaye, S. + Stocker, S. + Toller, H., 2019, Observations on the Roman Road between Exeter, North Tawton and Okehampton, 315 (Article in Serial). SDV364830.

The putative Roman fort may be nothing more than an anomalous rectangular field. It provides no LIdar signalling of a Roman military defensive work.

Toller, H., Unknown, Probable North Down Roman Road (Aerial Photograph). SDV356131.

Possible Roman road visible on aerial photos at SX761990 [following hedgeline and cropmarks on either side of possible Roman fort].

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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