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HER Number:MDV11842
Name:ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Great Torrington

Summary

Field name castle field. Gaze castle, a simple defensive enclosure, destroyed by cultivation (1905) but about 15 feet still traceable through crops.(wall)vis=14/12/1953(os) castle field occupies a ridge. Nothing visible. Vis=2/12/1980 (os). No trace of an earthwork is to be seen at either of the suggested sites on the ground or on ap's. The e-w ridge at ss495215 seems more likely than suggested site at ss488209.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 495 216
Map Sheet:SS42SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishGreat Torrington
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishGREAT TORRINGTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42SE/60

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

1905, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV7967.

Field name castle field. Gaze castle, a simple defensive enclosure, destroyed by cultivation (1905) but about 15 feet still traceable through crops.(wall)vis=14/12/1953(os) castle field occupies a ridge. Nothing visible. Vis=2/12/1980 (os). No trace of an earthwork is to be seen at either of the suggested sites on the ground or on ap's. The e-w ridge at ss495215 seems more likely than suggested site at ss488209.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV7968.

Osa=ss42se6.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV7969.

Wall, j. C. /vch:devon/1(1906)612.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV7967Report - Survey: 1905.
SDV7968Migrated Record:
SDV7969Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Apr 11 2019 3:52PM