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Summary

Oldstone fire beacon, 178m above sea level. The mound or 'beacon' at the junction of the roads to blackawton and strete is 4.0m high, very steeply built except on the seaward side where the slope is long and slight. It is in the park of the ancient mansion of oldstone (listed as olvystone in 1330). Possibly this is the barrow beacon noted by camden (russell).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SW/2

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BEACON (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172806.

Russell, p. /tda/87(1955)281/fire beacons in devon, appendix a.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172807.

Gover, j. E. B. + mawer, a. + stenton, f. M. /the place-names of devon/(1931)316.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172808.

Page, w. /victoria county history of devon/1(1906)614.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172809.

Osa=sx85sw4/plan.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172810.

Higham, r. A. /the castles of medieval devon/(1979)178/phd thesis, exeter university.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172811.

Wall, c. /vch:devon/1(1906)614.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172812.

Higham, r. A. /pdas/46(1988)147/devon castles:an annotated list.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1907.

Vis=3/1/1962 (os) length includes ramp on south side. View to east is restricted by higher ground. Possibly this was part of the 18th. Century landscaping associated with oldstone mansion. Elizabethan by inference however. Considered to be a motte by urch. A truncated cone 6m high and 9m in diameter (vch). Almost certainly later than medieval, either an elizabethan beacon or an 18th century landscaping feature contemporary with oldstone house (sx85sw/7). An elongated mound 28 by 19m and 4m high with sloping ramp on one side (higham).

Russell, P. M. G., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6591.

Oldstone fire beacon, 178m above sea level. The mound or 'beacon' at the junction of the roads to blackawton and strete is 4.0m high, very steeply built except on the seaward side where the slope is long and slight. It is in the park of the ancient mansion of oldstone (listed as olvystone in 1330). Possibly this is the barrow beacon noted by camden (russell).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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