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Summary

Prehistoric field System at Cathole Cliff

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Trust SMR: 100,559
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX63NE/21

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Medieval - 698000 BC to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV137896.

Des=worksheet in parish file.

Le Messurier, B., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25995.

Vis=-/2/1982 (le messurier). Flat slab-like orthostats of mica schist, forming field walls. On the top of cathole cliff and further east above solar mill cove.

Thackray, C., 1990, Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon, 26 (Report - Survey). SDV345519.

A single orthostat of mica schist stands on the summit of the ridge which runs between Bolberry Down and Soar Mill Cove and which follows the line of the footpath. This single stone, approximately 1 metre high, is presumed to be the sole remnant of a former orthostat wall. The line of the wall is continued a little further east, by a small stretch of orthostats. These flat, slab-like stones are found intermittently between Bolt Head and Bolt Tail - often well encrusted with lichen.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4935 - Archaeological Survey from Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point
• EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail

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