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| HER Number: | MDV58095 |
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| Name: | Castle Close Enclosure |
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Summary
Castle Close a Prehistoric or Roman quadragular enclosure destroyed in the 19th century
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 190 890 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY18NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Branscombe |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRANSCOMBE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NE/90
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HILLFORT (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 698000 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
GRANT, CITING WALL, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV136558.
Castle close. Quadrangular enclosure destroyed c.1850. At this time were found bones, 'fragments of brown and yellow pottery' and a coin of victorinus ad268-70) (grant, citing wall).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV136559.
Wall, j. C. /ancient earthworks/in w. Page (ed)/vch/(1906)603.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV136560.
Grant, n. /pdas/53(1995)104/the occupation of hillforts in devon during the late roman and post roman periods.
Exeter Archaeology, 2003-2004, East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey, 110 (Archive - Survey). SDV351568.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV136558 | Migrated Record: GRANT, CITING WALL. |
| SDV136559 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV136560 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV351568 | Archive - Survey: Exeter Archaeology. 2003-2004. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Archaeological Survey. Digital + Mixed Archive Material. 110. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 5 2014 1:29PM |
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