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Summary

One stone is a dressed granite post 0.7m high, 0.35m wide and 0.2m thick with the letters 'WD' above the number '42' inscribed in its S face. Immediately N of the adjacent field bank is a roughly shaped granite post 0.75m high, 0,3m wide and 0.15m thick bearing the initial 'P' in its N face.
The dressed stone is one of 46 marking the edge of the military owned property in the Willsworthy area (Brewer, 1986) while the other probably marks the boundary of Peter Tavy and Lydford parishes.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SW129
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1156795

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BOUNDARY STONE (XIX to Mid 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1950 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.

'BS' Boundary Stone (1:1000 scale map 1965).

Brewer, D., 1986, A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor, 37-8 (Monograph). SDV309252.

This stone is one of 46 marking the edge of the military owned property in the Willsworthy area.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(18/08/1998) SX 52678156. Two boundary stones flank a redundant field boundary on the E edge of Kingsett Down.
One stone is a dressed granite post 0.7m high, 0.35m wide and 0.2m thick with the letters 'WD' above the number '42' inscribed in its S face. Immediately N of the adjacent field bank is a roughly shaped granite post 0.75m high, 0,3m wide and 0.15m thick bearing the initial 'P' in its N face.
The dressed stone is one of 46 marking the edge of the military owned property in the Willsworthy area (Brewer, 1986) while the other probably marks the boundary of Peter Tavy and Lydford parishes.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(23/02/2001) These features remain as described.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7425 - Standon Farm: an historical and archaeological survey
• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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