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| HER Number: | MDV26229 |
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| Name: | Alleged openwork, Challacombe Down |
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Summary
An openwork recorded from an aerial photograph in 1985 project is in fact just a spring and stream flow running down the western slope of Challacombe Down. Several lynchets of field system SX 67 NE 111 continue through it.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 686 798 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NE117
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 915524
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/217
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) OPEN CUT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/540, 3146-3147 (Aerial Photograph). SDV285230.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Openwork gully cutting across strip fields SX67NE/33. Visible on 1950 RAF aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(24/05/1990) SX 6865 7989: An openwork shown by RCHME (1985) is in fact just a spring and stream flow running down the W slope of Challacombe Down. Several lynchets of field system SX 67 NE 111 continue through it.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV285230 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/540. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 3146-3147. |
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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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| 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. [Mapped feature: #14180 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 31 2022 11:20AM |
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