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| HER Number: | MDV26272 |
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| Name: | Alleged pillow mound south of Saddle Bridge |
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Summary
A pillow mound is alleged at this location from aerial photograph project (1985) but could not be located during field investigation in 1995.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 664 717 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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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 | HOLNE |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system east of Down Ridge. Earthworks and walling remains of a Bronze Age field system adjoining the Venford Reave, with numerous hut circles, enclosures, cairns and a later medieval field system
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE213
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065529
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/395
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) PILLOW MOUND? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV145126.
Aph=nmr sx6672/1/158-161(19/5/1977).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Possible pillow mound visible on 1977 NMR aerial photograph.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(30/11/1995) There is no evidence to suggest the presence of a pillow mound at the NGR described by the Devon SMR. However, two pillow mounds (SX 67 SE 108 and 165) lie at SX 66377185 and SX 66457153 to the N and S.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145126 | 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. S. Probert. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 18 2022 11:44AM |
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