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Summary

Dark linear cropmarks which have possibly formed over the buried ditches of a late prehistoric or Roman rectangular enclosure, with associated annexe, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984 and 1996.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric rectangular enclosure north of Moore Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1029809
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX75NW/137

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1984, OS/84170, OS/84170 V 090-091 04-JUL-1984 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352491.

Dark linear cropmarks are visible.

Robinson, R., 1987 - 2000, Devon Post-Reconnaissance Fieldwork Project (Un-published). SDV342165.

Site lies on a gentle slope and coincides with a terrace in the slope. Extensive views to east and north.

Devon County Council, 1992, DAP 14398, DAP 14398/13 02-JUL-1992 (VK) (Aerial Photograph). SDV361481.

Dark linear cropmarks are visible.

Horner, B., 1992, DAP/VK, 10-13 (Aerial Photograph). SDV340726.

Prehistoric single ditched rectangular enclosure, width 40 metres, with rectangular annexe on north side. Recorded as a cropmark in 1992.

Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Archaeological Fieldwalking and Field Reconnaissance Survey: Preliminary Summary, Map 5 (Report - Survey). SDV340217.

Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 1:Text, 12 (Report - Assessment). SDV340215.

Other details: Site 61.

Cotswold Archaeology, 2001, Fishacre to Lyneham Natural Gas Pipeline: Cultural Heritage Assessment: Volume 2: Constraints Maps (Report - Assessment). SDV340216.

Other details: Map 5 Site 61.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Dark linear cropmarks, interpreted as having formed over buried ditches circa 3m wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1984 and 1992. The cropmarks define three complete sides of a rectangular enclosure which measures circa 47m long by 33m wide. The southern enclosure edge, although partly visible, is mostly obscured by an extant field boundary. Cropmarks which extend from the northern enclosure edge define a possible rectangular annexe which measures circa 30m long by 20m wide. The morphology of the cropmarks suggests a late prehistoric or Roman date.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4375 - Fishacre to Lyneham Pipeline Assessment
• EDV4391 - Fishacre to Lyneham Fieldwalking Survey
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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