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Ten Oaks Wood

Devon, England ยท Atlas EN3528

Location

Atlas number
EN3528 (3528)
Country
England
Current county or unitary authority
Devon
Historic county
Devon
Parish, community, or townland
Roborough
National Grid reference
SS5615016986
Latitude
50.93442
Longitude
-4.04873
Altitude
112 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Footprint
0.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope and spur
Aspect
southeast
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
1016228
HER
Devon MDV290
National record
record SS 51 NE 4; monument 33537
Wikidata
Q31115368

Sources

References

  1. 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, 608-09.