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| HER Number: | MDV105325 |
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| Name: | Burgage Plots to south of High Street, Okehampton |
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Summary
A row of narrow, probable former burgage plots are depicted on the 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map. The remains of a walled hedgebank and a ditch revealed in an archaeological evaluation trench on the site prior to redevelopment correlate well with two of the land divisions shown.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 585 949 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BURGAGE PLOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
Best, J., Archaeological Evaluation at 21a High Street, Okehampton (Report - Evaluation). SDV352696.
Three evaluation trenches excavated in order to determine the potential survival of archaeological deposits in an area thought to have been formerly occupied by burgage plots. Two archaeological features were exposed in Trench 2. Feature 201 was a ditch aligned broadly north-south, 0.5 metres wide and up to 0.3 metres deep. It had been heavily truncated by modern disturbance and no dateable finds were recovered. Feature 205 comprised terraced natural subsoil faced with horizontally laid stones, the base courses of a former hedgebank or wall. A shallow ditch was exposed to the east of the wall infilled with modern material. The wall correlates well with a land division adjacent to and east of that represented by ditch 201. No features or finds were revealed in Trench 1 or 3.
Best, J., Archaeological Evaluation at 21a High Street, Okehampton (Report - Evaluation). SDV352696.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Row of narrow, probable former burgage plots on the south side of High Street shown.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #64780 ] |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV352696 | Report - Evaluation: Best, J.. Archaeological Evaluation at 21a High Street, Okehampton. Exeter Archaeology Historic Environment Record Entry. 6178. A4 Single Sheet + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV21798 | Related to: Borough of Okehampton (Monument) |
| MDV109201 | Related to: Burgage Plots to north of High Street, Okehampton (Monument) |
| MDV109197 | Related to: Darkey Lane, Okehampton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6301 - Archaeological Evaluation at 21a High Street, Okehampton
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 2 2015 10:49AM |
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