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Summary

Shallow depression approximately 4.8m across, up to 0.5m deep and has a crude stoney rim 0.5m wide and 0.5m high. Its origin and function are not clear. It may be of military origin, perhaps as a mortar stance, however, associated rectangular pits are not apparent. Alternatively it may be caused by the extraction of surface moor stone.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE194
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 916294
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/343

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PIT (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

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

(06/11/1992) SX66478189. An amorphous shallow depression lies in open heather-covered moorland on the SW flank of Assycombe Hill. It is approximately 4.8m across, up to 0.5m deep and has a crude stoney rim 0.5m wide and 0.5m high.
Its origin and function are not clear. It may be of military origin, perhaps as a mortar stance, however, associated rectangular pits are not apparent. Alternatively it may be caused by the extraction of surface moor stone.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.

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Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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