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| HER Number: | MDV26183 |
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| Name: | Probable enclosure at Babeny |
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Summary
Probable enclosure at Babeny. A modern field wall probably fossilises the shape of an earlier enclosure.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 665 755 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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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
- SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of a Medieval Field System and enclosures at Babeny, the field boundaries preserved in the modern field system
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NE236
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1409031
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/168
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC? (Between) to 701 BC? (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1308-1309 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Map object based on this source.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Probable enclosure which is now a field and surrounded by other fields. Visible on the RAF 1946 aerial photograph.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
[NRHE record lists this source; no date/detail given].
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Enclosure shown on modern mapping. Map object based on this source.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1308-1309. |
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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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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 28 2022 9:21AM |
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