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| HER Number: | MDV27401 |
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| Name: | Alleged openwork, Taw Marsh |
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Summary
Alleged openwork recorded from aerial image in 1985; fieldwork in 1993 re-classified this as a former track or river channel.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 619 906 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SW |
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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: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX69SW79
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 894740
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/144
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER CHANNEL (Constructed, Unknown date)
- (Former Type) OPEN CUT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)
- TRACKWAY (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 3379 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Linear openwork visible.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(02/08/1993) Centred SX 6190 9061. There is no ground evidence to support the presence of an openwork in the position shown by the RCHME AP. Transcription. The NGR lies on the flat floodplain east of the River Taw. The site may have been confused with a water board track or former river channel.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV221887 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. 3379. |
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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. [Mapped feature: #14946 ] |
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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
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | May 20 2022 8:25AM |
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