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| HER Number: | MDV36197 |
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| Name: | Possible Rabbit Warren at Bigbury-On-Sea |
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Summary
A 2.5 hectare coastal strip is named 'warren' at sx65104423 on the tithe award. Its neighbour, centred at sx65174438, which lies on sw facing slopes is called 'warren field'. The two fields are now completely overlaid by modern development (tithe map cited by os).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 651 443 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX64SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Bigbury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BIGBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64SE/51
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) RABBIT WARREN (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (Between) to 1750 AD? (Between))
Full description
TITHE MAP CITED BY OS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV144709.
A 2.5 hectare coastal strip is named 'warren' at sx65104423 on the tithe award. Its neighbour, centred at sx65174438, which lies on sw facing slopes is called 'warren field'. The two fields are now completely overlaid by modern development (tithe map cited by os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV144711.
Des=tithe map and award/(1842)nos 1080,1077.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV144712.
Osa=sx64se34.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV144713.
Des=os 6"(1907)135ne,131se.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.
"the warren" marked on os 6" (1907 and 1968) maps. Also "warren cottage" at sx65084434 and "warren point" at sx648-445-. The modern development has occurred since production of the 1907 map (os).
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.
No particular features were noted on the available aerial photographic coverage for this area. Some possible mounds were visible to the north-west (MDV104291) but these are considered more likely to be geological in origin.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV144709 | Migrated Record: TITHE MAP CITED BY OS. |
| SDV144711 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV144712 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV144713 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV148 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV351146 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV104291 | Related to: Probable Geological Features Above Bigbury-on-Sea (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)
| Date Last Edited: | May 9 2022 1:17PM |
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