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HER Number:MDV28148
Name:Bank

Summary

Series of banks extending out from a field and possibly cut by streamwork. Visible on RAF 1947 aerial image at SX 6543 8950.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 654 895
Map Sheet:SX68NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishGidleigh
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishGIDLEIGH

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/154
  • Old SAM Ref: 34479

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV220175.

Aph=raf cpe/uk 2082/3383-4(19/5/1947).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV220176.

Des=ancient monunments/(21/1/2004)/as above. Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on 'buttern hill'. The monument also includes a length of the 'bradford leat' (am).

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

Series of banks extending out from a field and possibly cut by streamwork. Visible on RAF 1947 aerial image at SX 6543 8950.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV220175Aerial Photograph:
SDV220176Migrated 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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Aug 14 2023 2:34PM