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HER Number:MDV132401
Name:Boundary stones north-west of Nun's Cross Farm

Summary

Two boundary stones are recorded at this location. One is a post medieval parish boundary stone measuring 1.1m high, 0.35m wide and 0.15m thick. The other was erected by the Plymouth Corporation Water Works and has the inscription of PCWW and the date 1917. It measures 1.1m high and 0.30m square.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 602 706
Map Sheet:SX67SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWalkhampton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67SW297
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063721

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BOUNDARY STONE (Constructed, Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
  • BOUNDARY STONE (Constructed, World War I - 1917 AD (Between) to 1917 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.

SX 60267061 BS [NAT] (OS 10000 1981).

Brewer, D., 1986, A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor, 84 (Monograph). SDV309252.

Burrator reservoir was built across the Meavy by the Plymouth Corporation Water Works and opened in September 1898. Land has been purchased so that waters draining into the Meavy above the dam were all captured, and the bounds of this land is now marked by a number of boundary stones. These were not erected until between 1917 and 1932. All are dated and inscribed with the initials 'PCWW' (Brewer 1986, 84).

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(17/07/1995) Centred SX 60267061. The boundary stone described by the OS is a rough granite post with a pointed top. It measures 1.1m high,0.35m wide and 0.15m thick; there is no obvious inscription. It marks the boundary between Dartmoor Forest and Walkhampton parishes. Immediately to the S of this stone is another rough dressed granite post with a pointed top. It is 1.1m high and 0.30m square with the letters 'PCWW' above '1917' inscribed on its W face.

Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey, WA019 (Report - Survey). SDV354588.

Cramber Tor Survey 2002, Site WA019.

Newman, P., 2007, Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV348210.

(01/08/2006) As described in 1995.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV309252Monograph: Brewer, D.. 1986. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. Unknown. 84.
SDV346608Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. S. Probert.
SDV348210Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2007. Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey. English Heritage. A4 Bound.
SDV350058Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963-1996. 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric. Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV354588Report - Survey: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey. Wessex Archaeology Report. Unknown. WA019.

Associated Monuments

MDV132400Related to: Boundary stone near Peat Cot Corner (Monument)
MDV132399Related to: Boundary stone north-west of Nun's Cross Farm (Monument)
MDV132402Related to: Boundary stone on Walkhampton Common (Monument)
MDV132404Related to: Boundary stone on Walkhampton Common (Monument)
MDV132403Related to: Boundary stone, Walkhampton Common (Monument)
MDV48187Related to: Boundary stones north-north-west of Siward's Cross (Monument)
MDV25990Related to: Trial pits north-west of Nun's Cross Farm (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
  • EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
  • EDV8711 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area

Date Last Edited:Mar 10 2022 10:44AM