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Summary

Vis=3/5/1995 (gerrard) linear gully running sx59336621 to sx59416626, and forming part of hentor warren.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/236/29
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GULLY (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168298.

Brewer, d. /a field guide to the boundary markers on and around dartmoor.(1986)52-4.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168299.

Thackray, c.(ed)/the upper plym valley: the management of an historic landscape/(1994)265/102.963.

Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV168301.

Nar=sx56ne133.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., Des=mpp/140494. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Vis=3/5/1995 (gerrard) linear gully running sx59336621 to sx59416626, and forming part of hentor warren. Gully is 90m long, 1m wide and 0.5m deep and the material upcast during its construction survives as a 1.7m wide and 0.2m high bank on the downslope edge. It is cut by the probable military trench (sx56ne/600) and by the phillips leat before merging into gully (subsheet 26). Gullies such as this are generally considered to be drains, though this one clearly could not have carried out this function since it does not lead from a pillow mound. A more plausible explanation is that it served as an animal run leading to vermin traps or snares (mpp).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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