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HER Number: | MDV127205 |
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Name: | Down Pool, Black Hill |
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Summary
A pool measuring 23 by 24m. One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period. Lies near a ring cairn.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 522 823 |
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Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Mary Tavy |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | MARY TAVY |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- POND (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? (Between) to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Greeves, T. A. P., 2019, Dartmoor's Sacred Pools. Design in the Prehistoric Landscape, 18, Down Pool (Article in Serial). SDV363426.
SX 5228 8240 Down Pool, Black Hill (Mary Tavy) measures 23 by 24m One of over 40 such 'sacred' pools identified on Dartmoor that are thought to have potentially been designed during the prehistoric period, and may have been used to deposit votive items, although these Dartmoor examples may have alternative significance as designed prehistoric elements in the landscape. Many are located on ridge tops and in conjunction with cairns, stone rows and other prehistoric features. Further research may well reveal more about these interesting features.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Pond is depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #123601 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV53274 | Related to: Ring cairn 850 meters south of Willsworthy Camp (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Sep 12 2023 9:35AM |
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