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HER Number:3084.10
Name:EMBLANCE DOWNS - Early Medieval boundary bank

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:SX 1375 7760
Parish:St Breward, North Cornwall, Cornwall
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Protected Status: None recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Cornwall PROJECT ID: BM
  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 3084.10

Monument Type(s):

Full description

A bounary bank, which is part of a field system (prn 3084), running ne - sw across open moorland. During the 1980s it was surveyed from the air and on the ground by the rchm (h1 - 2, b1). According to the latter, it is 240m long and consists of a bank, 1.7 - 2.0M wide and 0.2M high, with a ditch on its north side, 0.5 - 2.0M wide and 0.1 - 0.2M deep. At its north east end this bank appears to abut another boundary bank (prn 3084.2)(H2).

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Site history:
2: 1984. QUINNELL, NV / RCHM
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<1> RCHM, 1980s, 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript, SX 1377 (Bibliographic reference). SCO4238.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO4238 - Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1980s. 1:2500 Air Photo Transcript. SX 1377.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

3084Part of: KING ARTHURS DOWNS - Early Medieval field system (Monument)