LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Devon MDV1913 (None)
NMR: ST 20 SW 3 (190235)
SM: 1017952
NGR: ST22620262
X: 322596 Y: 102585 (OSGB36)
Large univallate partial contour hillfort, located on E-facing slope just below crest of Greensand ridge between Umborne Brook and the River Yarty. Moderate surrounding slopes. Irregular shaped measuring c. 230m E-W by 270m, with internal area c. 4ha. Cut through E-W by road and defences largely levelled S of it. Defences massive N of road, with earth and stone rampart, c. 17m wide, and ditch, the bank's inner face 3m high and near vertical, revetted with chert in places. Chert also used as 5m wide stone capping for flat top of rampart on part of N and W. Broad ditch c. 7m wide and 2m+ deep, with glacis slope of 6m+ on NE side of fort. Mostly levelled S of road, traces of bank and ditch with counterscarp, in places. It is possible that an entrance stood where the road bisects the site on E. On 1st Ed. OS map (1889). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -345111 Y: 6589085 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.1001877734141754 Latitude: 50.81755571486205 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Devon
Historic County: Devon
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Stockland
Cut through E-W by road and defences largely levelled S of it. On Heritage at Risk Register (2015).
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Pasture interior, wooded ramparts N of road cutting through site.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
Large univallate partial contour hillfort, located on E-facing slope just below crest of ong Greensand ridge between Umborne Brook and the River Yarty. IModerate surrounding slopes.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✓ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Ridge
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✓ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 198.0m
N/A
None.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1889).
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889): | OS map. |
Chance finds of slingstones reported.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Chance finds of slingstones reported.
| No Known Finds | ✗ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
It is possible that an entrance stood where the road bisects the site on E and an inturn is suggested here as result of alignment of bank and fact that both bank and ditch terminate before E-W road break.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | Possible entrance. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. In-turned (East): | Possible site only. |
Defences massive N of road, with earth and stone rampart, c. 17m wide, and ditch, the bank's inner face 3m high and near vertical, revetted with chert in places. Chert also used as 5m wide stone capping for flat top of rampart on part of N and W. Broad ditch c. 7m wide and 2m+ deep, with glacis slope of 6m+ on NE side of fort. Defences, although mostly levelled S of road, do show traces of bank and ditch with counterscarp, in places.
| Area 1: | 4.0ha. |
| Total: | 4.0ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | Ramparts levelled S of road. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Earth and stone bank. Counterscarp shows in places S of road.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✓ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✓ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | Deep ditch N of road, traces only in part S. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Fox, A. 1996. Prehistoric Hillforts in Devon, Tiverton: Devon Books, 52-53.
Griffith, F. M. 1988. Devon's Past: An Aerial View, Exeter: Devon Books, 99.
Wall, J.C. 1906. Ancient Earthworks, In W. Page (ed), The Victoria County History of the County of Devon, Vol I, London: James Street, Haymarket, 588.
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