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| HER Number: | MDV128149 |
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| Name: | Circular features at Holming Beam Bottom |
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Summary
Two circular features (possible huts?) are depicted on the 1985 aerial photographic survey to the north of Holming Beam Bottom. The lidar data shows circular hollowed out features here but the identification of the features is unconfirmed. May be natural.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 591 775 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
- TRIAL PIT? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Two circular features (possible hut circles?) depicted on the map overlay data (now digitised) from the 1985 assessment of aerial photographs. No photograph reference available.
Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.
At least two circular hollowed out features are visible on the lidar data; around 30m to the north-west of the positions shown by the 1985 survey. May be natural hollows / tin working pits.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Less clear on the aerial photography; features do not appear all that circular on the aerial photograph.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV360208 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2016. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #125372 ] |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV55007 | Related to: Natural water-formed hollow at Holming Beam Bottom (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 21 2020 3:29PM |
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