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Summary

The southwest corner of an enclosure of probable prehistoric or Roman date is visible as cropmarks of parallel ditches to the south of Lewdon Cross, Cheriton Bishop, on aerial photographs of 1995. The northwest and southeast ditches are identifiable as subtle earthworks on images derived from lidar data of 2021.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: south-west corner of a Prehistoric double dithced enclosure south of Lewdon Cross

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX79SE/82

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

DPRFP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV262469.

Vis=9/6/1997 (robinson) the length of the surviving sides of this enclosure are c.100m and it seems likely to have been a substantial site straddling the ridge. Lewdown farm overlies the ne corner. The cropmark continues the line of a surviving field boundary running s from lewdown cross. Here it ascends a gentle nw slope. The field boundary is of larger than usual size for the first few metres and there is a trace of a ditch to the sw side. Beyond the end of the modern boundary the enclosure shows as a massive but very ploughed out bank and ditch for 15-20m, fading as it approaches the corner but continuing as a low scarp along the s side. No other traces of enclosure in adjacent fields (dprfp).

APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV45928.

Part (sw corner) of substantial double ditched enclosure. Recorded from the air as a cropmark by f/ griffith in 1995 (aph).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV45930.

Aph=dap/yx10(8/8/1995).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV45931.

Des=dprfp 1997 + photos bk24-26.

University of Exeter, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Unlocking Landscapes Project – validated data, ULDEV198 (Interpretation). SDV365999.

A substantial double ditched enclosure has been recorded from the air, notably its SW corner (MDV57882). Earthwork evidence exists for the NW corner and part of the northern side, running through the small field immediately west of Lewdon Farm.

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

Ditches are visible as subtle 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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