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| HER Number: | MDV102907 |
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| Name: | Possible inter-tidal fish weir, south of Heanton Court |
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Summary
A short curvilinear feature visible on aerial photographs of 1946 in the inter-tidal zone of the River Taw, circa 200 metres to the south of Heanton Court, might be an arm of a fish weir potentially of medieval origin. It is potentially one of a number of fish weirs recorded as a hazard to shipping in the early 19th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 513 347 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS53SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Heanton Punchardon |
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| District | North Devon |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FISH WEIR (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1655, NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 3242-3 11-JUL-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV349996.
A possible inter-tidal structure is visible.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.
A curvilinear feature approximately 40 metres in length is visible as a possible structure on aerial photographs of 1946 in the inter-tidal zone of the River Taw, circa 200 metres to the south of Heanton Court at circa SS 551373475. The possible structure might be the southern arm of a fish weir of potentially medieval origin. Several posts or structural elements might be visible, but the location of the possible weir arm is indicated largely by tidal scour between the possible posts. This is possibly the same as Heanton Court West weir, discussed but not located by Preece (2005), recorded separately as MDV66215. The possible structure is not visible on any later aerial photographs to the survey and it might have been destroyed by estuarine erosion or obscured by shifting sand and mud.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV349018 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital. |
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| SDV349996 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1655. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/106G/UK/1655 3242-3 11-JUL-1946. [Mapped feature: #62412 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV66215 | Related to: Heanton Court West Fish Weir, Heanton Punchardon (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 25 2012 5:00PM |
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