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Summary

Two adjacent granite boundary stones associated with Dartmoor Prison. One is flat topped and uninscribed. The other has a rounded top and is inscribed "DCP" (Directors of Convict Prisons) on it northern face.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NE94
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065154

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (Constructed, XIX - 1867 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))

Full description

Brewer, D., 1986, A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor, 68-9 (Monograph). SDV309252.

The inscribed stone (Riley, 1994) is one of a group related to Dartmoor Prison.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(11/07/1994) Two boundary stones are located at the north-eastern corner of the prison newtake at SX58857729. The western stone, close to the fence corner, is a rough moorstone block which measures 0.85 metres high, 0.3 metres wide and 0.15 metres thick. It is flat-topped and leans slightly to the west; no inscription is visible. Two metres to the east of this stone is a second boundary stone. It is a round-topped, dressed granite block and measures 0.5 metres high, 0.2 metres wide and 0.2 metres thick. The letters "DCP", 0.05 metres high, are inscribed on its northern face. The letters refer to "Directors of Convict Prisons" (Brewer 1986, 69).

Brewer, D., 2002, Dartmoor Boundary Markers: And Other Markers on and Around the Moor, 260-62, Fig 90 (Monograph). SDV350689.

Erected after 1867 when the enlarged bounds of the prison were marked with 'DCP' stones. Inscribed 'DCP'. Marked on plan.

Probert, S. A. J., 2002, Dartmoor Prison Farm, Devon. An Archaeological Survey and Evaluation, 7, fig (Report - Survey). SDV364452.

[1065154] (23/08/2002) SX 58877729 A round topped dressed granite post measures 0.5m high and 0.2m square. It possesses the inscription DCP on its northern face.
No change.

Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.

(10/08/2004) Condition is stable.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.

Two adjacent granite boundary stones associated with Dartmoor Prison. One is flat topped and uninscribed. The other has a rounded top and is inscribed "DCP" on it northern face.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

'Stones' depicted on the modern mapping.

Joy, R., pre 2007, Annotated map of the Dartmoor Prison DCP stones, undated (Plan - sketch). SDV361799.

Stone marked on Joy's plan.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8714 - Survey of Dartmoor Prison Farm (Ref: AI//37/2002)

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