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| HER Number: | MDV13477 |
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| Name: | TRIAL PIT in the Parish of South Brent |
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Summary
Vis=-/1/1977 (robinson, r. ). In the saddle, of the hill between western whitebarrow and three barrows is a rush filled depression with a mound thrown up on one side which resembles a trial excavation. This could be for tin (or since it is near the known clay bearing area of knattabarrow pool) for china clay. It lies about 50m east of meynells bank about 80m from its southern termination at a bound stone. It is a shallow rust filled hole with a corresponding heap thrown up to one side, the heap being about 1m high and 5-6m in diameter on the north west side. It does not resemble a barrow.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 655 648 |
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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/334
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TRIAL PIT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV152839.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1890 4274-4275(10/12/1946).
Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.
Des=parish checklist. Vis=-/1/1977 (robinson, r. ). In the saddle, of the hill between western whitebarrow and three barrows is a rush filled depression with a mound thrown up on one side which resembles a trial excavation. This could be for tin (or since it is near the known clay bearing area of knattabarrow pool) for china clay. It lies about 50m east of meynells bank about 80m from its southern termination at a bound stone. It is a shallow rust filled hole with a corresponding heap thrown up to one side, the heap being about 1m high and 5-6m in diameter on the north west side. It does not resemble a barrow.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Group of trial pits visible on RAF 1946 aerial.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137445 | Un-published: Robinson, R.. 1978. South Brent Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. |
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| SDV152839 | Aerial Photograph: |
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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: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 11:29AM |
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