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| HER Number: | MDV25196 |
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| Name: | Trackway running from Buckland Beacon towards Bowden |
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Summary
Disused trackways running towards Bowden from Buckland Beacon. Not an openwork as previously described. A track or route way running east to west across Welstor Common which was associated with others that continue west over Buckland Common. The track comprises a sinuous gully of up to 7 metres wide. The eastern end has been partly effaced by modern land clearance.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 737 733 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/176
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRACKWAY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1381 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Track shows up clearly on the aerial photographs. Map object based on this source.
National Monuments Record, 1977, SX7373, 6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV293318.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.
Linear openwork aligned east-west, associated with another openwork to the west (MDV25197).
Newman , P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 52, figure 18 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Disused trackways running towards Bowden from Buckland Beacon. Not an openwork as previously described. A track or route way running east to west across Welstor Common which was associated with others that continue west over Buckland Common. The track comprises a sinuous gully of up to 7 metres wide. The eastern end has been partly effaced by modern land clearance. Condition is stable, with legacy damage. SX73700 73380.
Sources / Further Reading
- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1381.
- Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX7373. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 6.
- Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
- Report - Survey: Newman , P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 52, figure 18.
- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital).
Associated Monuments
| MDV25197 | Related to: Trackways across Buckland Common (Monument) |
| MDV25202 | Related to: Wall running across Buckland Common, Buckland in the Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2016 12:38PM |
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