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HER Number:MDV12514
Name:Longstone Field Names, Pilton, Barnstaple

Summary

The names of two fields recorded on the Pilton Tithe Map and Apportionment as Longstone Moor and Longstone Meadow derive their names from a nearby standing stone known as the 'Long Stone'.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 552 340
Map Sheet:SS53SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBarnstaple
DistrictNorth Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishPILTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS53SE/186
  • Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SS53SE(M)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • STANDING STONE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 701 BC? (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Unknown, 1842, Pilton (Cartographic). SDV82988.

Fields 158 and 165 named as Longstone Moor and Lonstone Meadow respectively on the 1842 Tithe Map and Apportionment. The names derive from the Long Stone now located at the junction of what are now is now Bellaire and Under Minnow Road.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Unknown, SS53SE(M) (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV82987.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. [Mapped feature: #80536 ]
SDV82987Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Unknown. SS53SE(M). Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV82988Cartographic: Unknown. 1842. Pilton. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Map (Paper).

Associated Monuments

MDV797Related to: Pilton Longstone, Barnstaple (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 14 2021 10:39AM