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| HER Number: | MDV132400 |
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| Name: | Boundary stone near Peat Cot Corner |
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Summary
A recumbent possible boundary stone of uncertain date in vegetation. The granite post measures 1.6m by 0.3m wide by 0.3m thick. It may have been recently moved during refurbishment of the footpath.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 601 710 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SW300
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063810
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOUNDARY STONE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, H, Riley (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(17/07/1995) SX 60117106. A possible boundary stone lies recumbent in low heathland vegetation some 5m W of the Nun's Cross to Princetown footpath near Peat Cot Corner. The rough granite post measures 1.6m long, 0.3m wide and 0.3m thick. There is no obvious inscription and the stone appears to have been moved during a recent refurbishment of the footpath.
Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey, WA016 (Report - Survey). SDV354588.
Cramber Tor Survey 2002, Site WA016.
Newman, P., 2007, Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV348210.
(01/08/2006) As described in 1995.
Newman, P., 2021, Archaeological Sites within Cramber Tor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation February 2021 (Report - Survey). SDV364449.
Polygon location updated to SX 60111 71080.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. H, Riley. |
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| SDV348210 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2007. Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey. English Heritage. A4 Bound. |
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| SDV354588 | Report - Survey: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey. Wessex Archaeology Report. Unknown. WA016. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV132399 | Related to: Boundary stone north-west of Nun's Cross Farm (Monument) |
| MDV132404 | Related to: Boundary stone on Walkhampton Common (Monument) |
| MDV132402 | Related to: Boundary stone on Walkhampton Common (Monument) |
| MDV132403 | Related to: Boundary stone, Walkhampton Common (Monument) |
| MDV48187 | Related to: Boundary stones north-north-west of Siward's Cross (Monument) |
| MDV132401 | Related to: Boundary stones north-west of Nun's Cross Farm (Monument) |
| MDV25990 | Related to: Trial pits north-west of Nun's Cross Farm (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8711 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 10 2022 10:57AM |
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