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HER Number:MDV132512
Name:Cornditch on Chagford Common

Summary

An abandoned cornditch evident as an earth and stone bank measuring 2.3 wide and 1 metre high. It has an external ditch of 1.3 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 669 864
Map Sheet:SX68NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishChagford
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCHAGFORD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX68NE141
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 901297

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CORN DITCH (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
  • FIELD BOUNDARY (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(11/10/1991) SX 66888646 to SX 66938640. An abandoned cornditch situated 400m NE of Castor Rock. It lies in a small tongue of unenclosed land flanked by fields that extends almost to the bottom of the steep E-facing slope of Chagford Common. It consists of an earth and stone bank 2.3m wide and 1.0m high with an external (W) ditch 1.3m wide and 0.4m deep. It is breeched by recent trackways.
(See RCHME 1991 'Castor Survey' at 1:2500 scale).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV350839Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. S. A. J. Probert. [Mapped feature: #136242 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV14691Related to: Hut north-east of Castor Rock (Monument)
MDV132510Related to: Solitary tin pit on Chagford Common (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Apr 13 2022 9:58AM

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