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HER Number: | MDV11842 |
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Name: | ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Great Torrington |
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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 |
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Map Sheet: | SS42SE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Great Torrington |
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District | Torridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | GREAT TORRINGTON |
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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
SDV7967 | Report - Survey: 1905. |
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SDV7968 | Migrated Record: |
SDV7969 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Apr 11 2019 3:52PM |
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