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| HER Number: | MDV102756 |
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| Name: | Fish Weir off Crow Point in the Taw and Torridge Estuary |
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Summary
A V-shaped structure visible on aerial photographs between 1944 and 1975 is interpreted as a fish weir of probable post-medieval date. It seems to be located a little to the south-west of Crow Weir, and could be the remains of the earlier Charleshook Weir, or perhaps an unrecorded post-medieval weir structure. It may now be buried in the sand.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 458 315 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS43SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Braunton |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BRAUNTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS43SE/37
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FISH WEIR (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1832 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1944, RAF/106G/LA/88, NMR RAF/106G/LA/88 FSO/0029-0030 SS4531/21 31-DEC-1944 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349744.
A V-shaped structure is visible in the intertidal zone.
Ordnance Survey, 1975, OS/75144, NMR OS/75144 115-116 24-MAY-1975 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349078.
A V-shaped structure is clearly visible. Transcription errors are high so the exact location may differ.
Preece, C., 2005, A Conflict of Interests: the Fish Traps of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries, 145-146 (Article in Serial). SDV342251.
Crow Weir is depicted on this alignment, but closer to the shoreline of Braunton Burrows, on the reproduced nineteenth century plans and maps of the estuary.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011-2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A probable fish weir is visible as a V-shaped structure on aerial photographs between 1944 and 1975. Numerous posts are visible within two low banked linear structures with a maximum length of 70 metres and width of 6 metres, set at an angle of approximately 60 degrees to each other. The point faces west, although the ‘eye’ itself is not visible. The structure is on approximately the same alignment as Crow Weir marked on nineteenth century maps, but it appears to be sited further into the channel, and could be the documented sixteenth to nineteenth century VV-shaped Charleshook Weir, if not a completely different weir structure. It is not visible on later available aerial photographs, and may have become buried by sand since the 1970s.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342251 | Article in Serial: Preece, C.. 2005. A Conflict of Interests: the Fish Traps of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 63. Paperback Volume. 145-146. |
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| SDV349018 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011-2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital. |
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| SDV349078 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1975. OS/75144. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/75144 115-116 24-MAY-1975. [Mapped feature: #62252 ] |
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| SDV349744 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1944. RAF/106G/LA/88. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/LA/88 FSO/0029-0030 SS4531/21 31-DEC-1944. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV77326 | Related to: Charleshook Fish Weir, Braunton (Monument) |
| MDV66201 | Related to: Crow Fish Weir, Braunton (Monument) |
| MDV132944 | Related to: Fish weir, north of Appledore in the Taw and Torridge Estuary (Monument) |
| MDV132945 | Related to: Linear features, north of Appledore in the Taw and Torridge Estuary (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project (Ref: ACD383/2/1)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 17 2022 3:35PM |
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