LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Devon MDV5627 (None)
NMR: SS 42 SE 7 (33126)
SM: 1016225
NGR: SS49502228
X: 249503 Y: 122275 (OSGB36)
Hillslope fort straddling W slope of ENE-WSW ridge overlooking valleys of Huntshaw Water to N and Darracott Brook to S. Steep slopes to N, S and W, moderate to strong upslope on ridge to ENE. Rectangular shaped, measuring c. 118m long by 52m wide, with internal area c. 0.7ha. Defined by rampart and outer ditch complete circuit. Substantial bank to 3.8m high and 5.3m wide and ditch 4m wide and 2m deep, strong on N but weak on S where 1m high glacis bank to very shallow ditch, non-existent in places. Banks stony and particularly strong near inturned NW entrance where counterscarp outside ditch. Immediately inside entrance oval depression 1.0m deep enclosed by 0.4m high bank and 0.9m wide; trees here hamper interpretation. Two gaps on E and W and through fort modern rides through wood. An outer enclosure might possibly be regarded as an annexe, but perhaps more likely to represent an independent period of enclosure. Generally well-preserved. Within Huntshaw Wood although the site has recently been cleared.. On 1st Ed. OS map (1887). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✓
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -461455 Y: 6617775 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.145322297215215 Latitude: 50.98010486815132 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Devon
Historic County: Devon
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Huntshaw; Weare Giffard
Generally well-preserved. On Heritage at Risk Register (2015).
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Within Huntshaw Wood.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Hillslope fort straddling W slope of ENE-WSW promontory overlooking valleys of Huntshaw Water to N and Darracott Brook to S. Steep slopes to N, S and W, moderate to strong upslope on ridge to ENE.
| 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: Promontory ridge
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✓ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 91.0m
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
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 (1887).
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1887): | OS map. |
None.
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 | ✗ |
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 | ✗ |
Banks stony and particularly strong near original inturned entrance on NW, where counterscarp outside ditch. Immediately inside entrance oval depression 1m deep enclosed by 0.4m high bank and 0.9m wide; trees here hamper interpretation. Two gaps on E and W modern rides through wood.
| 3: | None |
| 2: | Two gaps on E and W and through fort modern rides through wood. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. In-turned (North west): | None |
| 1. Other Forms (North west): | Immediately inside entrance oval depression 1m deep enclosed by 0.4m high bank and 0.9m wide; trees here hamper interpretation. |
Defined by rampart and outer ditch complete circuit. Substantial bank to 3.8m high and 5.3m wide and ditch 4m wide and 2m deep, strong on N but weak on S where 1m high glacis bank to very shallow ditch, non-existent in places. Banks stony and particularly strong near inturned NW entrance where counterscarp outside ditch.
| Area 1: | 0.7ha. |
| Total: | 0.7ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✓ | Clear evidence of sequence and stratigraphic relationships |
| ✓ | None |
| 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 | ✗ |
Stony banks.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Ditch shallow or non-existent on S. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✓ | An outer enclosure might possibly be regarded as an annexe, but perhaps more likely to represent an independent period of enclosure. |
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, 597.
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