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HER Number:MDV18734
Name:EARTHWORK in the Parish of Exeter

Summary - not yet available

Location

Grid Reference:SX 92 93
Map Sheet:SX99SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishExeter
DistrictExeter
Ecclesiastical ParishST.DAVIDS

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX99SW/62

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • EARTHWORK (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25100.

Lega-weekes, e. /tda/61(1929)242-244/gallants bowers.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV25101.

Des=hutchinson, p. O.(diaries 18/10/1851)in dro.


Reichel, O. J., 1902, The Devonshire Domesday (Article in Serial). SDV22298.

Gallants bower, exeter. On tozer's map of 1793 gallants bower is marked as a rectangular plot between the longbrook and the city wall. It may have been the site of an ancient earthwork (lega-weekes). Vis=18/1/1851 (hutchinson). A reference to an earthwork called "danes castle" in northernhay may refer to this site. Diameter given as c 40m.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV22298Article in Serial: Reichel, O. J.. 1902. The Devonshire Domesday. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 34. A5 Hardback.
SDV25100Migrated Record:
SDV25101Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Sep 30 2015 5:07PM