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Summary

An enclosure of possible Neolithic to Bronze Age date was visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the lower slopes overlooking the River Culm at Potter’s Elm, Silverton.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric ring ditches, enclosures and linears north west of Brookford Lodge

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MORTUARY ENCLOSURE? (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

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

Map object previously based on this Source.

Devon County Council, 1989, DAP 6762, DAP 6762/13-15 04-JUL-1989 (NO) (Aerial Photograph). SDV357383.

A cropmark enclosure is visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Griffith, F. M., 1989, DAP/NO, 15 (Aerial Photograph). SDV133094.

Oval enclosures visible as cropmarks from air on southern side of field at Potters Elm.

Griffith, F. M., 1996, DAP/AAR, Devon County Council DAP/AAR 14-15 20-JUL-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV321073.

A cropmark enclosure is visible. Map object based partly on this source.

National Monuments Record, 2011, 1044588 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV346157.

An ovoid enclosure, presumably two round barrows within one ditch, visible as cropmark at SS98620204 and a similar ovoid feature at SS98630203. Other details: SS90SE4. Record last updated: N/A.

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

An ovoid enclosure of possible Neolithic to Bronze Age date was visible on aerial photographs as a cropmark on the lower slopes overlooking the River Culm at Potter’s Elm, Silverton. The enclosure ditch cropmark is less than 2 metres wide and encloses an area roughly ovoid or kidney shaped and circa 23 by 14 metres in size. A second larger, U-shaped enclosure was located less than 5 metres to the south-east. It is possible these features enclosed multiple barrow mounds, as suggested by a previous authority. It might be more probable that they were mortuary enclosure of Neolithic date that acted as a focus for later Bronze Age barrows, the ring ditches of which are recorded further to the north.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV133094	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1989. DAP/NO. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 15.
SDV321073	Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1996. DAP/AAR. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council DAP/AAR 14-15 20-JUL-1996.
SDV344181	Cartographic: Devon County Council. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Devon Air Photograph Transcriptions. Map (Digital).
SDV346157	National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2011. 1044588. National Monuments Record Database. Website.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV357383	Aerial Photograph: Devon County Council. 1989. DAP 6762. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). DAP 6762/13-15 04-JUL-1989 (NO).

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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