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Name: | Post-medieval charcoal burners hut and platform within Mounsey Castle |
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ENPHER Monument Number: | MSO11208 |
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Type of Record: | Monument |
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Grid Reference: | SS 8859 2949 |
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Parish: | DULVERTON, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Summary
The overgrown ruins of a stone built charcoal burner's shelter and platform were noted during field survey.
Monument Type(s):
Description
Small rectangular structure with evidence of a chimney. May be a charcoal burners hut. In scheduled area (see MSO9316). [1]
The remains of a stone building with adjacent platform behind the southern rampart. This is probably a charcoal burner's shelter: there are several other well preserved charcoal burning platforms in the woods below. The building is recorded in a ruinous state state in 1890 by Page in An Exploration of Exmoor: "the ruins of a small rectangular building about six feet square covered with moss, and beautified by fern." [2]
In private ownership. [3]
<1> Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1965, SS82NE, 2 (Map). SSO1683.
<2> Riley, H., 1999, Mounsey Castle and Brewer's Castle: Two Iron Age Enclosures in the Barle Valley, Somerset (Report). SEM6895.
<3> Somerset County Council, Various, Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records, PRN 90138 (Unpublished document). SSO1.
Sources and Further Reading
[1] | SSO1683 - Map: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1965. SS82NE. 2. |
[2] | SEM6895 - Report: Riley, H.. 1999. Mounsey Castle and Brewer's Castle: Two Iron Age Enclosures in the Barle Valley, Somerset. |
[3] | SSO1 - Unpublished document: Somerset County Council. Various. Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records. PRN 90138. |
Related records
MSO9316 | Part of: Mounsey Castle, Dulverton (Monument) |
Other References
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
- Somerset SMR PRN: 33539
Date Last Edited: | Mar 16 2020 2:43PM |
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