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HER Number:MDV127528
Name:Allotment Field, Dartington Lane, Totnes

Summary

Triangular field which may have originated as a medieval or post-medieval stock funnel.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 799 614
Map Sheet:SX76SE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishDartington
Civil ParishTotnes
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishDARTINGTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • STOCK ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Triangle of land, plot numbered 921.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Triangle of land shown.

Green, T. + Morris, B., 2010, End Field, Land Adjacent to Dartington Lane, Totnes, Devon: Results of an Archaeological Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV352012.

Small triangle of land (plot 921) named as Allotment on the 1840 Dartington Tithe Apportionment. It is suggested that this plot of land originated as a stock funnel. Stock funnels are fairly common features of the Devon historic landscape, used in the medieval and post-medieval periods to facilitate driving stock from open moorland onto a droveway.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV352012Report - Assessment: Green, T. + Morris, B.. 2010. End Field, Land Adjacent to Dartington Lane, Totnes, Devon: Results of an Archaeological Assessment. Southwest Archaeology. 100406. A4 Stapled + Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8243 - Historical and archaeological assessment of End Field, Dartington Lane, Totnes, Devon

Date Last Edited:Sep 29 2022 4:12PM