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Summary

Alleged saxon moot hill. In a paper read to the teign naturalists field club, general sir claude bray drew attention to a large mound, with traces of ledges in the park to the south of haccombe house. It was suggested that this mound is a saxon moot hill. Its position is at the end of a spur, the end of which has been built up with earth and stones to form a dome-shaped extremity not less than 15.24m from level top to hollow below. The summit of the mound would permit a circle of 60 or so people (joce).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX86NE/44

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MOOT (VIII to Late Medieval - 701 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Simpson, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV18634.

No trace of a mound in 2002 + not shown on a facsimile of an early c17 map (simpson).

JOCE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV23818.

Alleged saxon moot hill. In a paper read to the teign naturalists field club, general sir claude bray drew attention to a large mound, with traces of ledges in the park to the south of haccombe house. It was suggested that this mound is a saxon moot hill. Its position is at the end of a spur, the end of which has been built up with earth and stones to form a dome-shaped extremity not less than 15.24m from level top to hollow below. The summit of the mound would permit a circle of 60 or so people (joce).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=26/11/1952 (os) apparently a natural mound, with a slightly higher dome-shaped extremity. It does not seem to be made up, and the top is not stoney. The ledges are cattle-walks (os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303585.

Joce, t. J. /dcnq/15(1928-1929)75-76/a saxon moot hill.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303586.

Osa=sx86ne4/photograph.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303587.

Des=simpson, j.(dcc)/(march 2002)/maps in pf.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303588.

Ravenhill, m. R. + rowe, m. M.(eds)/devon maps and map-makers: manuscript maps before 1840/ii(2002)224/copy in smr.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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