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HER Number:MDV60842
Name:Blackpool Sands Submerged Forest

Summary

Submerged forest shown on 19th century map.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 854 478
Map Sheet:SX84NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishStoke Fleming
Civil ParishStrete
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishBLACKAWTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX84NE/37/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • SUBMARINE FOREST (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age - 698000 BC? (Between) to 701 BC? (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

"Submarine Forest (Site of)" shown.

Ordnance Survey, 1938, 133NE. Revision of 1904 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition (Cartographic). SDV337495.

"Submerged Forest (Site of)" shown.

Jack, M., 1990 - 1999, Palaeoenvironmental Investigations of Peat and Wood Deposits. Part of a Wider Survey of South Devon Coastal Sites (Un-published). SDV344082.

Straker, V., 1999, List of Sites (Worksheet). SDV335934.

Sample of peat from Blackpool Sands sent for palaeoenvironmental investigation by Mary Jack at Glasgow University.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV335934Worksheet: Straker, V.. 1999. List of Sites. Worksheet.
SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV337495Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1938. 133NE. Revision of 1904 with additions in 1938. Provisional Edition. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 6 inch Map. Map (Paper).
SDV344082Un-published: Jack, M.. 1990 - 1999. Palaeoenvironmental Investigations of Peat and Wood Deposits. Part of a Wider Survey of South Devon Coastal Sites. Unknown.

Associated Monuments

MDV107316Related to: Woodland Remains at Blackpool Beach (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 16 2022 10:26AM

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