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| HER Number: | MDV7760 |
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| Name: | BUILDING in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
A small ruined building, about 1.2m square internally located in a gully near the W wall of the Great Newtake. It comprises a three-sided structure built against a massive earthfast boulder which forms a fourth side. The crudely-constructed drystone walls are coursed and stand 0.6m high. It may have been a tool store used during the construction of the Whitehorse Leat or for the maintenance of the newtake wall.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 623 839 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68SW52
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443997
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/61
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STOREHOUSE (Built, XVIII to XIX - 1750 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
RCHME, CITING OS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV144518.
OSA= SX68SW52 Vis=12/9/1979 (os) The structure, at SX 62328398, is as described by Le Messurier. The boulder on the south side is 1.0m high and the wall 0.5m high. Surveyed at 1:10000 on MSD.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV267428.
Des=le messurier, b. /worksheet/(21/5/1975). Vis=21/5/1975 (le messurier) Ruined hut. Walls 0.6m thick, 0.4m high, built against ne facing boulder making a lean-to type of temporary shelter, 1.2m by 0.9m. Boulder capped with heather etc. Sheltered position. May have been bad weather shelter for wall builder, leat maintenance man or shepherd. Walls of flat slates. Floor of stone fallen in.
Le Messurier, B., 1979, Post-Prehistoric Structures of Central North Dartmoor. A Field Survey, 66 (Article in Serial). SDV269283.
SX 6235 8395 in a natural hollow 9m below Teignhead Great newtake wall. A crescentic wall utilises a boulder as its other side to form a structure 0.9m by 1.2m. Too small for a shelter, possibly a tool store for the builders of the Whitehorse Leat or for the maintenance of the wall.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1947 RAF aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(22/02/1990) A small ruined building, about 1.2m square internally located in a gully near the W wall of the Great Newtake. It comprises a three-sided structure built against a massive earthfast boulder which forms a fourth side. The crudely-constructed drystone walls are coursed and stand 0.6m high. It may have been a tool store used during the construction of the Whitehorse Leat or for the maintenance of the newtake wall.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV144518 | Migrated Record: RCHME, CITING OS. |
| SDV267428 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV269283 | Article in Serial: Le Messurier, B.. 1979. Post-Prehistoric Structures of Central North Dartmoor. A Field Survey. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 111. Paperback Volume. 66. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. S. Probert. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8651 - Teignhead Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 9 2022 11:30AM |
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