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HER Number:MDV24723
Name:Open cut to the east of Hickaton Hill

Summary

Openwork seen running towards pupers reave from SX 6862 6660 to SX 6820 6648. There are two short side-branches of open workings beside a field wall half way along this openwork.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 684 665
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWest Buckfastleigh
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKFASTLEIGH

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork and stone remains of a prehistoric hut circle, adjacent medieval field system with relict boundaries and ridge and furrow and an area of later tin working and trial pits on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/180

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • OPEN CUT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4270 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Openwork seen running towards pupers reave from SX 6862 6660 to SX 6820 6648. There are two short side-branches of open workings beside a field wall half way along this openwork.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4270.
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.

Associated Monuments

MDV24751Related to: Field system in farmland to east of Hickaton Hill (Monument)
MDV13188Related to: Puper's Reave, Buckfastleigh Moor (Monument)
MDV24722Related to: Tin working on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 18 2023 1:20PM