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| HER Number: | MDV24743 |
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| Name: | Streamworking between Stony Girt and Broad Falls |
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Summary
An area of eluvial streamworking remains above the right bank of the River Avon midway between Stony Girt and Broad Falls. The workings are characterised by long parallel linear spoil heaps oriented east to west across the contours. There appear to be no contemporary structures or reservoirs associated with these remains.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 653 667 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE87
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1059547
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/275
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/276
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STREAMWORKS (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV271246.
Aph=nmr sx6566/1.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
SX 6545 6671 Openwork with excellent examples of linear spoilheaps extends to SX 65256663.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(31/01/1996) Centred SX65356671. Approximately 0.8ha of eluvial streamworking remains lie in a dry combe above the right bank of the River Avon midway between Stony Girt and Broad Falls. The workings are characterised by long parallel linear spoil heaps oriented E to W across the contours. There appear to be no contemporary structures or reservoirs associated with these remainsand 0.3m high on its downslope, eastern margin.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV271246 | 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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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #134837 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV130102 | Related to: Large pillow mound within Huntingdon Warren, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV28958 | Related to: Streamworks along the River Avon (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 20 2021 2:36PM |
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