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Summary

riangular hollow adjoining the northeast side of an abandoned stretch of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway. It is c.6m in length (northwest-southeast) and c.2.5m wide at its furthest point. It is located at the very edge of the track bed and is cut into the moorland slope above to a depth of c.0.6m. There is a boulder embedded in the ground next to its far corner.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HOLLOW (XVIII to XIX - 1800 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))

Full description

Wakeham, C., 2016, Report on an Audit of Archaeological Features and Structures Relating to Railways and Tramways on Dartmoor Phase 1, DR+T_PDR_042 (Report - Assessment). SDV360397.

SX 57160 73152. Triangular hollow adjoining the northeast side of an abandoned stretch of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway (DR+T_PDR_039). It is c.6m in length (northwest-southeast) and c.2.5m wide at its furthest point. It is located at the very edge of the track bed and is cut into the moorland slope above to a depth of c.0.6m. There is a boulder embedded in the ground next to its far corner.
The hollow is partly overgrown with tufty grass.

Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DSM 2022 - 1m Last return (Cartographic). SDV365448.

Visible on the lidar data.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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