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HER Number:MDV27212
Name:Alleged banks

Summary

There is no trace of any banks, or features liable to have been interpreted as banks, on the ground at SX 63997935 apparently recorded by the Royal Commission in 1985. Nothing is plotted here on the map overlay and nothing is visible on RAF APs available for inspection.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 639 793
Map Sheet:SX67NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67NW202
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 884042
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/163

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BANK (EARTHWORK)? (Early Neolithic to Post Medieval - 4000 BC to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV263289.

Aph=raf 540/483/4046-7(24/4/1951).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV263290.

Aph=raf/1069/uk 893/5004-5/(8/10/1945).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV263291.

Aph=raf/1069/uk 894/5005-6/(8/10/1945).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV263292.

Aph=raf/541/540/3153-4/(1/6/1950).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV263293.

Nmr=sx67nw202.

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

Series of banks extending out from enclosed land suggesting a field pattern preceding the present pattern. Visible on 1951 RAF aerial image.

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

(05/09/1989) There is no trace of any banks, or features liable to have been interpreted as banks, on the ground at SX 63997935. Nothing is plotted here (Devon SMR) and nothing is visible on RAF APs available for inspection.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV263289Aerial Photograph:
SDV263290Aerial Photograph:
SDV263291Aerial Photograph:
SDV263292Aerial Photograph:
SDV263293Migrated Record:
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.
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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8648 - Middle Merripit Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Feb 9 2022 3:53PM