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Summary

A small oval enclosure or ring ditch of Neolithic or later prehistoric to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as a cropmark to the east-north-east of Netherexe Barton, Nether Exe.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric or Romano-British rectilinear and curvilinear ditched enclosures, ring ditches, water channel, pits, linears, pits and artefact scatters south of Rudway Barton

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 1038574
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS90SW/136

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• RING DITCH (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
• OVAL ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC to 409 AD)

Full description

Devon County Council, Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions (Cartographic). SDV344181.

Map object based on this Source.

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV126992.

Sub-circular, single ditched feature first recorded by f. Griffith in 1987 as a cropmark (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV126994.

Aph=dap/a7.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV126995.

Nmr=ss30sw39.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV126996.

Des=miller, a. /(9/2/1996)/rchme ap primary recording.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV126997.

Aph=nmr ss9400/16-18.

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV126999.

Aph=dap/id 4,5/(13/5/1987).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV127000.

Aph=dap/sz 2,3(17/7/1990).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV127001.

Aph=dap/tj 11-13(23/7/1990).

Miller, A., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV13030.

Rapid examination of ap suggests the presence of a possible oval ring ditch (miller).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3176-3177 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

An oval cropmark is visible.

DCC, 1987, DAP 5644, DAP 5644/05 13-MAY-1987 (IO) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358013.

An oval cropmark is visible.

Devon County Council, 1990, DAP 6914, DAP 6914/02-03 17-JUL-1990 (SZ) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358070.

An oval cropmark is visible. Map object based on this source.

Devon County Council, 1991, DAP 13442, DAP 13442/07 11-FEB-1991 (TX) (Aerial Photograph). SDV358053.

An oval cropmark is visible.

DCC, 1996, DAP/6695, DAP 6695/13 15-MAR-1989 (LL) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357596.

An oval cropmark is visible. Map object based on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

A small oval enclosure or ring ditch of Neolithic or later prehistoric to Roman date is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards as a cropmark circa 430 metres to the east-north-east of Netherexe Barton, Nether Exe. The visible cropmark is 3 to 4 metres wide and encloses an area approximately 22 by 14 metres in size. Aerial photographs of 1987 and 1989 reveal the enclosed area as a pale cropmark, possibly indicative of a levelled mound or compressed surface. The function of the ditched enclosure is not known, but it falls within the area of a much larger possible enclosure, of possible Neolithic date, with which it might be associated. Alternatively, it may post-date the larger enclosure and be a small domestic or agricultural enclosure of Iron Age to Roman date.

Bayer, O. J. + Griffith, F. M., 2021, Prehistoric Monument Complexes in the Lower Exe Basin, 13; Figs 8, 9 (Article in Serial). SDV365335.

One of three oval ring ditches identified by Bayer’s geophysical survey between 2008 and 2010. B4 is located inside and towards the southern edge of enclosure MDV1279. It measures 30m by 18m and is oriented slightly to the north of north-west to south east. Tentatively identified as a Middle Neolithic oval barrow.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV126992	Migrated Record: APH.
SDV126994	Aerial Photograph:
SDV126995	Migrated Record:
SDV126996	Migrated Record:
SDV126997	Aerial Photograph:
SDV126999	Aerial Photograph:
SDV127000	Aerial Photograph:
SDV127001	Aerial Photograph:
SDV13030	Migrated Record: Miller, A..
SDV344181	Cartographic: Devon County Council. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Map (Digital).
SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3176-3177 04-NOV-1946.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV357596	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1996. DAP/6695. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6695/13 15-MAR-1989 (LL).
SDV358013	Aerial Photograph: DCC. 1987. DAP 5644. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 5644/05 13-MAY-1987 (IO).
SDV358053	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1991. DAP 13442. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 13442/07 11-FEB-1991 (TX).
SDV358070	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1990. DAP 6914. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6914/02-03 17-JUL-1990 (SZ).
SDV365335	Article in Serial: Bayer, O. J. + Griffith, F. M.. 2021. Prehistoric Monument Complexes in the Lower Exe Basin. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 79. Paperback Volume. 13; Figs 8, 9.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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