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| HER Number: | MDV28571 |
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| Name: | Trial pit /platform, Quarry |
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Summary
On the eastern edge of a disused quarry is a possible trial pit. It is a circular depression 7m in diameter and 0.7m deep. It is dug into the displaced overburden and is not a hut circle but probably associated with the quarry working.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 531 757 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW81
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439952
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/129
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CIRCULAR PLATFORM (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV221564.
Aph=west air photography(ca 1889/9/1976). An isolated hut circle at sx53127570 (west air photography, cited by os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV221565.
Osa=sx57nw81. (28/10/1980) At approximately SX 53127573, on the eastern edge of a disused quarry, is a circular depression 7.0m. in diameter and 0.7m. deep. It is dug into the displaced overburden and is not a hut circle but probably associated with the quarry working.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV221568.
Aph=sx5376/1/203.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map, (1887) 106nw (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map, (1907) 106nw (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Quarry marked.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(18/01/1988) SX 5310 7573: a small disused quarry. It is not recorded in 1887 whereas others nearby are (OS 6" CVI NW 1st Edition 1887), but it had appeared by 1907 (OS 6" CVI NW 2nd Edition 1907). It is probably a stone quarry for local use.
SX 5312 7571: a circular feature, as described by the Ordnance Survey (1980). It is possibly the site of a dressing or crushing area. It is not a hut circle. Visible on AP's.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV221564 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV221565 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV221568 | Aerial Photograph: |
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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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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). (1907) 106nw. |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). (1887) 106nw. |
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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. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV26284 | Part of: Quarry to the south of Cox Tor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 3 2021 12:24PM |
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