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Ide Roman Signal Station
Hob Uid: 447102
Location : Devon Teignbridge Ide
Grid Ref : SX8859088920
Summary : The site of a probable Roman signal station, seen as cropmarks. It was observed from the air on a hilltop overlooking Exeter. An inner sub-square enclosure of 32 metres by 34 metres was surrounded by a continuous ditch circa 90 metres in diameter. A rapid examination of air photography shows this probable Roman signal station, visible as cropmarks of a regular square enclosure, with rounded corners and a west-southwest-facing entrance, within a second regular rectilinear enclosure (which has no visible entrance).
More information : (SX 88568888) Faint ?soilmark. White outside, dark within. (From sketch feature appears oval, measures approximately 50 by 28 metres and is aligned east-west.) (1) The area indicated, a crest position of a south facing slope, is currently under stubble. There is no evidence of an earthwork on the ground.(2) Ide (SX 885889): a probable signal station resembling that at Stoke Hill was observed from the air on a hilltop overlooking Exeter. An inner sub-square enclosure of 32 by 34m was surrounded by a continuous ditch c 90m in diameter. (3) SX 8859 8892 (FCE) A rapid examination of air photography (4a) shows this probable Roman signal station, visible as cropmarks of a regular square enclosure, with rounded corners and a west-southwest-facing entrance, within a second regular rectilinear enclosure (which has no visible entrance). (4)

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Source details : R J silvester AP Card Index
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Source details : AP (F s C ? sX 8785/1/090)
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Source details : F1 NJA 12-OCT-81
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Source details : Letter (s s Frere 4.5.85)
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : forthcoming 1985
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : Andrew Miller/21-FEB-1996/RCHME: AP Primary Recording Project
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Source Number : 4a
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Source details : NMR, SX 8888/1-4, 7-11, 14-31; SX 8889/1-2
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Signal Station
Evidence : Cropmark

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Rectilinear Enclosure
Evidence : Cropmark

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : DV 1034
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 88 NE 13
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1981-10-12
End Date : 1981-10-12

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1992-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
Start Date : 1996-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1996-01-01
End Date : 1996-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Ide Roman Signal Station