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Summary

Site of chapel shown on 19th century map

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 436768
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX37NE/503
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX37NE11

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHAPEL (XV to XIX - 1500 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Swete, R. J. (Revd), 1792-1801, 564M 'Picturesque Sketches of Devon' by Reverend John Swete, 91 (Record Office Collection). SDV337942.

Reference to ancient chapel converted into a barn.

Lysons, D. + Lysons, S., 1822, Magna Britannica, 174 (Monograph). SDV323771.

Lysons records that the chapel had been converted into a cowhouse by 1822.

Unknown, 1844, Dunterton (Cartographic). SDV345563.

Marked as a barn on tithe map of 1844. Surrounded by 'Chapel' field names.

Virtue, O. H., 1868, Untitled Source, 844 (Article in Serial). SDV345566.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Chapel (Site of)' shown in rectangular enclosure on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951 - 1977, SX37NE11 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV345568.

Destroyed for some time now as only vague suggestions of footings are visible on the surface, and site is partly covered by brambles.

Site of chapel. Chapel field are the remaind of a chantry chapel, converted into a cowhouse. An ancient chapel converted into a barn was no longer visible in 1961.

Brown, T., 1963, Holy and Notable Wells, Part V, 133 (Article in Serial). SDV16026.

An ancient chapel converted into a barn was no longer visible in 1961.

White, W., 1968, Reprint of History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire, 328 (Monograph). SDV323585.

Site of chantry chapel. In chapel field are remains of a chantry chapel, converted into a cowhouse.

Griffiths, D. M., 1982, Untitled Source (Worksheet). SDV345567.

Other details: Plan.

Griffith, F. M., 1987, DAP/HU, 13-14 (Aerial Photograph). SDV218009.

Griffith, F. M., 1987, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345564.

Site visited on 20th April 1987. A small enclosure visible in the field edge in stable condition. Some wall footings still visible, and a small amount of building debris.

Swete, J. (ed. Gray T. + Rowe, M.), 1997, Travels in Georgian Devon. The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete. Vol. 1 (Monograph). SDV341166.

Dyer, M. J. + Manning, P. T., 1998, Objective 5B: Lower Tamar Valley Recreation and Land Management Iinitiative: Cultural Heritage Appraisal, 11 (Report - non-specific). SDV319814.

Swete in 1793 records a tradition that children were carried from this chapel to be baptised in a holy spring in the woods below.

National Monuments Record, 2010, 436768 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV345569.

Documented location of a chantry chapel.

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Small rectangular enclosure shown on mopdern mapping.

Knight, S., 2010, Untitled Source (Personal Comment). SDV345562.

Site visited on 14th October 2010. No structural remains but platform with mature oaks surrounded by eroding stone-faced banks. These are to be maintained and re-fenced under Higher Level Stewardship agreement and the internal scrub is to be controlled. Other details: Photographs in HER.

Houghton, P., 2015, An Archaeological and Historical Report on The Upper Tamar Valley including Excavations at Lamerhooe Volume One, 47-8, fig 15 (Report - Assessment). SDV363240.

Chapel Field. No trace of the chapel remains but it is thought to have been medieval in date; serving the original village of Dunterton, known then as 'Dondritone'. The chapel (which is close to the parish church) may have been a donation from a local landowner. No documentary evidence for the chapel.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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