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HER Number:MDV28130
Name:Earthwork bank on Burford Down, Harford

Summary

Double bank on burford down. Vis=30/4/1985 (robinson). A massive double bank, prehistoric in appearance, crosses the neck of the burford down promontory. Under bracken and rough pasture. Relationaship with burford down stone row not specified, although the two intersect (worksheet, with sketch).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 638 605
Map Sheet:SX66SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishHarford
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishHARFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/247

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • LINEAR EARTHWORK (Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

WORKSHEET, WITH SKETCH, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV141191.

Double bank on burford down. Vis=30/4/1985 (robinson). A massive double bank, prehistoric in appearance, crosses the neck of the burford down promontory. Under bracken and rough pasture. Relationaship with burford down stone row not specified, although the two intersect (worksheet, with sketch).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV141192.

Des=worksheet(robinson 1985).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV141191Report - Survey: WORKSHEET, WITH SKETCH.
SDV141192Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV27908Related to: Field banks on Burford Down, Harford (Monument)
MDV119761Related to: Lynchets on Burford Down, Harford (Monument)
MDV4333Related to: Stone row on Burford Down (Monument)
MDV13222Related to: Yadsworthy field system, Cornwood (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 21 2017 10:36AM