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Monument Number 107927
Hob Uid: 107927
Location : County of Herefordshire Kilpeck
Grid Ref : SO4460030600
Summary : Kilpeck DMV.
More information : SO 445305 Kilpeck is an excellent example of a shrunken or migrated village site. Part of the area has been cleared of old fruit trees and put down to grass. (1-2) Visited 15.7.52. The village enclosure is marked by a bank with external ditch B-C-D, E-F-G. The section B to D is well preserved. The corneer F is much flattened, though still clear, and the bank fades out completely at G. The angle at C is noticeably obtuse. (3) The site, centred at SO 446306, is marked by an enclosure, ditched on the NW side, covering an area of approx 2.75 hectares. A hollow-way, now used as a modern road, runs through the centre of the area from NE-SW. Any evidence of occupation to the SE of this road has now been ploughed out; but to the NW platforms and hollows are visible. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4) This monument was formerly scheduled as Here/Worc No.146. It is now Scheduled with Kilpeck Castle as Here/Worc No.17. (5)

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Source details : Lost Villages of England 1954, 338 (M Beresford)
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Source details : DMVRG 15th AR 1967, 7
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Source details : F1 ALFR 21-JUL-52
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Source details : F2 DRB 18-FEB-71
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule of Ancient Monuments Amendment Oct-1991.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement
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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Deserted Settlement
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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : HE 17
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Hereford & Worcestershire)
External Cross Reference Number : 716
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 43 SW 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1952-07-21
End Date : 1952-07-21

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1971-02-18
End Date : 1971-02-18

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1987-01-01
End Date : 1987-12-31

Associated Activities :
Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 1989-01-01
End Date : 1989-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 107927