HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV13394
Name:Gatepost

Summary

Slotted gatepost, nr. Shipley. Extant, vertical slot type. Vis=-/1/1978 (robinson, r. ). A slotted gatepost of granite on the east side of the road gate into the field called 'tangs' os no 298 near shipley. It has three vertical slots corresponding to the 'double-slot' or 'slot- and-l' type slip bar gates according to the classification of r. H. Worth. Height of stone 130cm, width of stone 20cm, depth of stone at base 60cm tapering to 35cm. The stone shows signs of slot-splitting rather than the feather and tare method and is therefore probably older than 1800-1810.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 685 627
Map Sheet:SX66SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Brent
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH BRENT

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/256

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • GATE PIER (Unknown date)

Full description

Robinson, R., Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV137185.

Slotted gatepost, nr. Shipley. Extant, vertical slot type. Vis=-/1/1978 (robinson, r. ). A slotted gatepost of granite on the east side of the road gate into the field called 'tangs' os no 298 near shipley. It has three vertical slots corresponding to the 'double-slot' or 'slot- and-l' type slip bar gates according to the classification of r. H. Worth. Height of stone 130cm, width of stone 20cm, depth of stone at base 60cm tapering to 35cm. The stone shows signs of slot-splitting rather than the feather and tare method and is therefore probably older than 1800-1810.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160235.

Des=parish checklist.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137185Report - Survey: Robinson, R..
SDV160235Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 4 2006 1:43PM