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| HER Number: | MDV125976 |
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| Name: | Military camp or cultivation marks on Roborough Down, Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
An area of pale sub-square cropmarks in a grid pattern is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. Possible interpretations include 19th century cross-ploughing to improve the land for agriculture, or Second World War tent bases from a military camp.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 518 667 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NARROW RIDGE AND FURROW? (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
- MILITARY CAMP? (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
The area is depicted as rough ground.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RS 4198-4199 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.
An area of pale cropmarks, forming pale sub-square features arrayed in a grid pattern, is visible.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.
An area of pale cropmarks, forming sub-square features approximately 4 metres across and arrayed in a grid pattern covering circa 110 by 80 metres, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They may be a result of cross-ploughing undertaken in the nineteenth century to facilitate drainage and improve the land for agriculture, and narrow ridge and furrow is visible across much of this part of Roborough Down. However given the potential for Second World War military activity in this area it is possible that they mark the location of recently removed tent bases from a military camp. They are not visible on the later available aerial imagery.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV362982 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2019-2020. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP). Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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| SDV363067 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1190 RS 4198-4199 27-FEB-1946. [Mapped feature: #118513 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 12 2020 8:16PM |
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