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| HER Number: | MDV68182 |
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| Name: | Small Building on Widow's Tenement Boundary Wall, Lundy |
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Summary
Small building built into the boundary wall of Widow's Tenement at north-east corner. Possibly well building associated with nearby spring.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 136 468 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS14NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Lundy |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LUNDY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Trust SMR: 108076
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS14NW/4/16
- Old SAM County Ref: 736
- Old SAM Ref: 30357
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
National Trust, 1996, Compressed Site Reports, Lundy, 108076 (Un-published). SDV344008.
Site visit 3rd May 1990. This structure is actually built into the boundary wall of Widows Tenement at its north-east corner. At this point the boundary wall has been breached and its end opened out into a funnel shape; this small rectangular structure composed of tumbled walls is built into the southern limb of the boundary wall, at the breach. Its long axis runs down slope (north-east to south-west), and surviving wall dimensions are 1 metre height and 0.7 metres width; partly turf covered. There is no visible entrance, but the traces of the inner and outer wall facings on the north side. A freshwater spring rises close by (to north-east) within the space created by the breached boundary walls.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1998, The Widow's Tenement Medieval Settlement and Prehistoric Settlement Sites, Lundy (Schedule Document). SDV6930.
At the eastern corner is a spring which has been enclosed to form a well with a small building, possibly a well head, above it. At this point the wall uprights have been splayed to allow the passage of the water out over the cliff.
National Trust, 2002, The Archaeology and Landscape of Lundy: A Field Guide (Monograph). SDV7235.
Other details: Ground Plan.
English Heritage, 2009, Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West, 118 (Report - non-specific). SDV342694.
Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems. Principal vulnerability plant growth.
English Heritage, 2010, Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West, 110 (Report - non-specific). SDV344777.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV342694 | Report - non-specific: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South West. English Heritage Report. A4 Bound +Digital. 118. |
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| SDV344008 | Un-published: National Trust. 1996. Compressed Site Reports, Lundy. National Trust Sites and Monuments Record. A4 Grip Bound. 108076. [Mapped feature: #44245 ] |
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| SDV344777 | Report - non-specific: English Heritage. 2010. Heritage at Risk Register 2010: South West. English Heritage Report. Digital. 110. |
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| SDV6930 | Schedule Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 1998. The Widow's Tenement Medieval Settlement and Prehistoric Settlement Sites, Lundy. The Schedule of Monuments. A4 Stapled. |
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| SDV7235 | Monograph: National Trust. 2002. The Archaeology and Landscape of Lundy: A Field Guide. The Archaeology and Landscape of Lundy: A Field Guide. A5 Paperback. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV18 | Part of: Widow's Tenement Medieval Settlement, Lundy (Monument) |
| MDV18 | Related to: Widow's Tenement Medieval Settlement, Lundy (Monument) |
| MDV45878 | Related to: Medieval Cultivation at Widow's Tenement, Lundy (Monument) |
| MDV45880 | Related to: Widow's Tenement Farmstead (Monument) |
| MDV18 | Part of: Widow's Tenement Medieval Settlement, Lundy (Monument) |
| MDV18 | Related to: Widow's Tenement Medieval Settlement, Lundy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 30 2013 11:33AM |
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