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| HER Number: | MDV13475 |
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| Name: | TRIAL PIT in the Parish of South Brent |
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Summary
Trial pit in middle brook valley. Extant. Vis=-/4/1979 (robinson, r. ). Two trial pits about 50m apart occur on the left bank of the middle brook about 300m north west of the wheelpit and about 100m from the stream. Each consist of a rushy hollow a few metres deep and wide with a spoil heap downhill. The lower of the two is cut through by the china clay culvert running from the knattabarrow pool to the glazebrook viaduct dries.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 660 636 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/332
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.
Trial pit in middle brook valley. Extant. Vis=-/4/1979 (robinson, r. ). Two trial pits about 50m apart occur on the left bank of the middle brook about 300m north west of the wheelpit and about 100m from the stream. Each consist of a rushy hollow a few metres deep and wide with a spoil heap downhill. The lower of the two is cut through by the china clay culvert running from the knattabarrow pool to the glazebrook viaduct dries.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not distinguishable in an area of peat cutting on RAF 1946 aerial.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137445 | Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1978. South Brent Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13448 | Related to: Streamworking along Middle Brook and Petre's Pits, South Brent (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 11:29AM |
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