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| HER Number: | MDV27214 |
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| Name: | Drainage ditch south of Foxholes |
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Summary
Drainage ditch. Identified from 1979 aerial photograph in 1985 project, it is of no archaeological significance.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 602 782 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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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: SX67NW132
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 873417
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/165
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Constructed, XVIII to Early 20th Century - 1751 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1509, 344-359 (Aerial Photograph). SDV262885.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Ditch parallel to wall and crossing it at the western end (extends onto map sheet SX57NE). Visible on 1979 aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(08/08/1988) This linear ditch is almost certainly a drainage channel of no archaeological significance.
It commences at 510 metres OD (SX59977824) on the south side of a stone wall, the boundary of Beardown Farm and follows this wall first on the south then on the north side down a very steep east hillslope. It terminates on the floodplain of the West Dart River at 432 metres OD (SX60617829). At the west end it is a ragged dry channel on average 0.6 metres deep with no upcast banks. On the steepest part of the slope (SX60507828) it averages 1.2 metres deep and 2.0 metres wide, with some upcast on the south side.
Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.
(30/11/2004) Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey visit. As described in 1988. Certainly of no archaeological significance.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV262885 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1509. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 344-359. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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| SDV346874 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2004. Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - 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. S. A. J. Probert. |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV8643 - Beardown Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8644 - Cherrybrook and Longford Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 11 2022 3:26PM |
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