LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Devon MDV770 (None)
NMR: SS 71 SW 4 (34930)
SM: 1015141
NGR: SS74221257
X: 274219 Y: 112579 (OSGB36)
Univallate Iron Age hillslope fort located on NW slope of N-facing promontory ridge above Little Dart River to N and tributary streams to E and W. Sub-round enclosure c. 91.5m long NE-SW by 79.8m wide, with internal area c. 0.7ha, sloping to NW. Defined by single rampart and ditch, with triangular earthwork to NE. Rampart from 0.2m-4.4m wide and 0.3m-1.32m high internally and 0.9m-1.7m high externally. Survives less well on NW. Outer ditch to 4.7m wide and 1.35m deep. To N part of ditch used as road and now hollow way c. 1.35m deep. Rampart and ditch partly overlain by field boundary on E. To NNE possible outer rampart where stony bank to 0.5m high and 1.2m wide runs E-W parallel to rampart and ditch; also overlain by field boundary and cut by track on E and W respectively, but not proven. The triangular raised earthwork, 1m high and 19.4m wide, continues on NE into fields for just over 49m. Main entrance on SE where curving stone banks to 10m long define it. Another on NW just over 3m wide probably later and a third on SE, where gap 3.55m wide, also modern. Some surface undulations in interior - not specified. Interior pasture, wooded banks. Survives reasonably well despite mutilations. On 1st Ed OS map (1885-1900). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -421910 Y: 6603428 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.7900785100024317 Latitude: 50.89889051205974 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England
Current County or Unitary Authority: Devon
Historic County: Devon
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Chawleigh
Survives reasonably well despite mutilations.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Interior pasture, wooded banks.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Univallate Iron Age hillslope fort located on NW slope of N-facing promontory ridge above Little Dart River to N and tributary streams to E and W. Sub
| 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: Hillslope
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✓ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 160.0m
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 (1885-1900). MPP fieldwork H. Gerrard 1995.
| Other (1995): | MPP fieldwork H. Gerrard. |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | None |
Some surface undulations in interior - not specified.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Some surface undulations in interior - not specified.
| 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 | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
Main entrance on SE where curving stone banks to 10m long define entrance. Another on NW just over 3m wide probably later and a third on SE, where gap 3.55m wide, also modern.
| 3: | Gap on NW just over 3m wide probably later and another on SE, where gap 3.55m wide, also modern. |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Passage-way/Corridor (South east): | None |
Defined by single rampart and ditch, with triangular earthwork to NE. Rampart from 0.2m-4.4m wide and 0.3m-1.32m high internally and 0.9m-1.7m high externally. Survives less well on NW. Outer ditch to 4.7m wide and 1.35m deep. To N part of ditch used as road and now hollow way c. 1.35m deep. Rampart and ditch partly overlain by field boundary on E. To NNE possible outer rampart where stony bank to 0.5m high and 1.2m wide runs E-W parallel to rampart and ditch; also overlain by field boundary and cut by track on E and W respectively, but not proven.
| Area 1: | 0.7ha. |
| Total: | 0.7ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | To NNE possible outer rampart where stony bank to 0.5m high and 1.2m wide runs E-W parallel to rampart and ditch; also overlain by field boundary and cut by track on E and W respectively. Not included in quadrants. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✓ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Evidence of stone banks at entrance.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Outer ditch to 4.7m wide and 1.35m deep. To N part of ditch used as road and now hollow way. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
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, 603-04.
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