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| HER Number: | MDV64603 |
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| Name: | Enclosure to the west of Ashley Manor, Atherington |
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Summary
A sub-circular shaped hilltop enclosure of potential prehistoric date is visible as cropmark ditches on aerial photographs taken in 1995, to the west of Ashley Manor, Atherington.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 582 236 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS52SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Atherington |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ATHERINGTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Circular hilltop enclosure of unknown date west of Ashley Manor
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS52SE/30
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV82225.
Hilltop double ditched enclosure visible as a cropmark. Recorded july 1995 (aph).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV82226.
Aph=dap/ym 1,2/(17/7/1995).
Young, A., 2005, Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Cartographic). SDV321540.
Transcriptions of ditches correspond to the grid reference for PRN167553.
Young, A. & Turner, S., 2005-2006, North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records, PRN167553 (Interpretation). SDV358473.
A curvilinear single- ditch enclosure is visible on aerial photographs (p1). The enclosure has a diameter of approximately 58m, and possible entrances are visible in its north and south edges: the northern entrance is roughly 17m wide and the southern 10m wide. The enclosure has been digitally plotted as part of the National Mapping Programme.
Photograph reference:
1. DCC DAP YM 2 17-JUL-1995
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV321540 | Cartographic: Young, A.. 2005. Transcriptions from Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project. Plot of Cropmarks. Digital. [Mapped feature: #97631 ] |
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| SDV358473 | Interpretation: Young, A. & Turner, S.. 2005-2006. North Devon/Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme (NMP) project database records. Cornwall Council Report. Digital. PRN167553. |
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| SDV82225 | Migrated Record: APH. |
| SDV82226 | Aerial Photograph: |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7455 - Winkleigh Biomass Plant National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 16 2018 1:19PM |
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