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| HER Number: | MDV28152 |
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| Name: | Earthwork on Buttern Hill, Gidleigh |
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Summary
An earthwork of unknown date and function, surviving as two parallel ditches with outer banks. Recorded as possible pillow mound, although this is unconfirmed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 656 884 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE193
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1392142
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/158
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/22/1
- Old SAM Ref: 34479
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EARTHWORK (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC? (Between) to 1750 AD? (Between))
- (Former Type) PILLOW MOUND? (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 4385 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Possible pillow mound visible on the RAF 1947 aerial photography.
Ancient Monuments, 2004, Schedule notifcation (Schedule Document). SDV226492.
(21/01/2004) SX 65628848. An earthwork of unknown date and function, surviving as two parallel ditches with outer banks.
The sides of the ditches are relatively steep suggesting an historic date but the structure does not fit into any known category of site. Feature included in the monument along with part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill.
Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DSM 2022 - 1m Last return (Cartographic). SDV365448.
Visible on the lidar data.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV221887 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. 4385. |
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| SDV226492 | Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 2004. Schedule notifcation. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown. |
| 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. |
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| SDV365448 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2022. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DSM 2022 - 1m Last return. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #140734 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV29135 | Related to: FIELD SYSTEM in the Parish of Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV6137 | Related to: Hut in settlement on Buttern hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV6133 | Related to: Settlement on Buttern Hill (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 6 2023 11:37AM |
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