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| HER Number: | MDV20576 |
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| Name: | Gateposts, Higher Shapely Farm |
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Summary
Forty one slotted gate-posts in the in-bye of Higher Shapley Farm. Twenty one posts contain rectangular slots and twenty have inverted L-shaped slots. Two of the latter 2 and 3 also contain single rectangular slots.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 680 846 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68SE139
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 918954
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/189
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/189/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GATE PIER (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Greeves, T. A. P., 1983, Gateposts at Higher Shapley Farm (Worksheet). SDV242516.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(13/06/1990) SX 68078458. Forty one slotted gate-posts in the in-bye of Higher Shapley Farm.
Twenty one posts contain rectangular slots (Type R see archive) and twenty have inverted L-shaped slots (type L). Two of the latter 2 and 3 also contain single rectangular slots.
Of the two posts recorded by Greeves (1983) at SX 68308450 only one 32 now remains.
For further description of gateway types see Worth (1953, 162-367).
An additional table of information on the gate posts is held in the NRHE archive.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV242516 | Worksheet: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1983. Gateposts at Higher Shapley Farm. Worksheet. Unknown. |
| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV16241 | Part of: Higher Shapley farmstead, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV54562 | Related to: Gatepost (Monument) |
| MDV20574 | Related to: Gateposts, Higher Shapley Farm (Monument) |
| MDV20575 | Related to: Gateposts, Higher Shapley Farm (Monument) |
| MDV55522 | Related to: Hut circle settlement west of Lower Shapley (Monument) |
| MDV77202 | Related to: Lower Shapley, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV54561 | Related to: Recumbent gate hanger by gate to Chagford Common trackway (Monument) |
| MDV113273 | Related to: Willandhead Farmstead, Chagford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8655 - Higher Shapley Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | May 3 2022 4:04PM |
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