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| HER Number: | MDV2593 |
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| Name: | Boundary stone on Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
One of three upright moorstone granite slabs each with the capital letter H inscribed on their west face are set into the sides of or on sinuous earth and stone boundary earthworks which occur on Shaugh Moor (see also MDV4478-9).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 557 622 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56SE171
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1106078
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/183
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOUNDARY STONE (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
COLLIS, 1978, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147657.
At a later date boundary orthostats inscribed with the letter 'h' were erected on the banks of wotter common field system (sx56se-109 sx56se-181) (collis, 1978).
COLLIS, 1983, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147658.
A series of granite posts incised with the letter "h". Placed at nodal points in the pre-existing field systems but they do not apparently use the banks as specific boundaries (collis, 1983).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147659.
Collis, j. /bar/48(1978)25.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147660.
Osa=sx56se136/sketch plan.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV147661.
Collis, j. /pdas/41(1983)53 61 figs 2 5.
Brewer, D., 1986, A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor, 79 (Monograph). SDV309252.
Brewer suggests they are associated with Hemerdon House.
Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., 1998, Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey (Report - Survey). SDV343481.
(03/12/1997) SX55156227; SX55376247; SX55746223. Three upright moorstone granite slabs each with the capital letter H inscribed on their west face are set into the sides of or on sinuous earth and stone boundary earthworks which occur on Shaugh Moor.
SX55746223 - 1.00m high, a maximum 0.3m wide and 0.2m thick; of triangular shape.
A similar inscribed stone with a capital H on the east face is at SX54936212 (SX56SW ).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147657 | Migrated Record: COLLIS, 1978. |
| SDV147658 | Migrated Record: COLLIS, 1983. |
| SDV147659 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV147660 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV147661 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV309252 | Monograph: Brewer, D.. 1986. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. Unknown. 79. |
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| SDV343481 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Probert, S.. 1998. Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #132943 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV48878 | Related to: Boundary stone near Hawks Tor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV48879 | Related to: Boundary Stone, Shaugh Moor (Monument) |
| MDV131442 | Related to: Inscribed boundary stone, Collard Tor (Monument) |
| MDV126153 | Related to: Reservoirs and leats north-east of Collard Tor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4967 - Shaugh Moor Survey (1997-1998)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 24 2021 3:38PM |
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