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| HER Number: | MDV13152 |
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| Name: | Place name evidence, South Brent |
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Summary
Field Rack Park. Probably connected with fulling mill. Adjacent to Millswood Mills near town mill.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 698 599 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/234
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD NAME (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
1840, Tithe Map (Cartographic). SDV339770.
Robinson, R., 1980, An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent (Report - non-specific). SDV150007.
Field Rack Park. Probably connected with fulling mill. Adjacent to Millswood Mills near town mill. Since there are records as early as 1580 of fulling mills at Lydia Bridge and another site which seems likely to have been town mill near the railway viaduct, the name rack park could indicate the location of tentering racks for drying the finished cloth. Lower and higher rack parks, bakers tenement nos 1674, 1676. (Based on tithe map and apportionment).
Now one field centred at SX69855995 containing modern "Rock park". Immediately east of Millswood Mill.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV150007 | Report - non-specific: Robinson, R.. 1980. An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent. DAS/DCRA Publication. 8. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV339770 | Cartographic: 1840. Tithe Map. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Map (Paper). |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 3:13PM |
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