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Summary

The remains of a turf and stone bank measuring 1.2 by 0.6 metres. Its origin and function are unclear though it seems most likely to be associated with the military activity in the immediate area. This feature was previously recorded erroneously as a leat from 1985 aerial photograph project.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 895474
• National Monuments Record: SX59SE32
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 895217
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX59SE/22/3
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/155

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) LEAT (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD (Between) to 2009 AD (Between))
• BANK (EARTHWORK) (XVIII to Mid 20th Century - 1800 AD (Between) to 1950 AD (Between))

Full description

National Monument Record, 1969, SX5989, 3/187-188 (Aerial Photograph). SDV247598.

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

Three leats visible (1969 aerial photograph).

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(15/07/1993) SX 59899044 to Sx 60139041. A turf and stone bank running east to west on the gentle north east facing slope of East Mill Tor. The bank, 1.2m wide and 0.6m high, follows an interrupted and slightly sinuous course. At SX 60019041 this feature cuts a terraced platform, the remains of a possible target railway (SX 59 SE 30). Between this point and its western termination the bank is more robust, 2.2m wide and 0.8m high, and is flanked by a ditch, on average 1.4m wide and 0.3m deep, on its southern side.
This bank serves no obvious functi
[The linear features on the west, north and north-east flanks of East Mill Tor that are described as leats by the Royal Commission aerial photograph 1985 transcription are, in fact, the products of military activity. They comprise the possible remains of a target railway (SX59SE/22/1), three telephone cable trenches, an artillery target butt (SX59SE/22/2) and a short length of turf and stone bank (SX59SE/22/3)].

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(17/02/2004) This feature remains as described in 1993 and is under no threat.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• 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

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