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HER Number:MDV25955
Name:Gully north of Blackbrook River; natural feature

Summary

Short length of bank or reave noted from aerial photograph to east of settlement north of Blackbrook River in 1985. Fieldwork visit in 1988 confirmed this as a natural erosion-formed gully.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 613 743
Map Sheet:SX67SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67SW160
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 908027
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/169
  • Old SAM County Ref: 705

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
  • (Former Type) BANK (EARTHWORK)? (Early Neolithic to Post Medieval - 4000 BC to 1750 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 1890 1301 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 10th December 1946.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Short length of bank or reave near an enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(01/02/1988) SX 61267434 to SX 61347436. The curvilinear feature depicted and described by the RCHM APP (1) ia a shallow, silted and reed-filled gully. It was probably created by water erosion and is almost certainly of natural origin.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV319854Cartographic: 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.
SDV342938Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). 1890 1301.
SDV350839Report - 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. M. J. Fletcher. [Mapped feature: #13985 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV6221Related to: Settlement south-east of Round Hill, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8627 - Roundhill Farm Duchy Farms Survey
  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Jun 8 2022 12:20PM