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HER Number:MDV119771
Name:Fragments of boundaries south of Whiddon Wood

Summary

Fragments of a possible enclosure consisting of an incomplete curved bank in the corner of the field, with a boundary running northwards from it.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 728 892
Map Sheet:SX78NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishMoretonhampstead
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishMORETONHAMPSTEAD

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthworks and surviving walling of medieval pillow mounds plus field systems and an enclosure of unknown date south of Whiddon Wood

Other References/Statuses

  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • EARTHWORK (Early Neolithic to Post Medieval - 4000 BC? to 1750 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Possible curved enclosure visible in the corner of the field, with a curving fragment of boundary bank running northwards visible on the 1940s aerial photographs. Depicted on the map overlay.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV342938Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #79059 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV44324Related to: FIELD SYSTEM in the Parish of Moretonhampstead (Monument)
MDV27528Related to: Possible cairn, Whiddon Park (Monument)
MDV20578Related to: Rabbit Warren in Whiddon Park, Moretonhampstead (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Apr 1 2022 9:50AM

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