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HER Number:MDV26228
Name:Natural gully on Hamel Down

Summary

1980s aerial photograph survey described this feature as an openwork gully pre-dating the strip fields MDV6061. Earthwork survey in 1990 established this is a natural gully.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 697 792
Map Sheet:SX67NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishManaton
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishMANATON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67NE119
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 915546
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/216

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • (Former Type) OPEN CUT? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 261-271 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.

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

Openwork gully which appears to pre-date the strip fields SX67NE/1, being the basis for a field boundary across the strips. Visible on 1980 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(27/03/1990) SX 6970 7926: An openwork shown by RCHME APP (1985) seems to be a natural stream gully.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV279663Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1980. SF1748. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 261-271.
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.
SDV350839Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown.

Associated Monuments

MDV122263Related to: Features on Hamel Down, Manaton (Monument)
MDV5976Related to: Field system on Hamel Down, Manaton (Monument)
MDV26191Related to: Marshy area on Hamel Down (Monument)
MDV6061Related to: STRIP FIELD in the Parish of Manaton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Jan 31 2022 11:11AM

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