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| HER Number: | MDV28402 |
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| Name: | Mount Flaggon Civil War Fort, Dartmouth |
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Summary
Site of Mount Flaggon Civil War Fort in Dartmouth
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 875 514 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX85SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmouth |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TOWNSTAL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX85SE/205
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX85SE39
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FORT (XVII - 1601 AD to 1700 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1855-1895, First Edition 1:500 Town Map (Cartographic). SDV338879.
'Alma Villa on site of Mount Flagon Fort' shown.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX85SE39 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV341423.
1. Alma Villa on the site of Mount Flagon Civil War Fort in Dartmouth.
2. At the outbreak of the Civil War Dartmouth declared for parliament and repaired existing defenses. Also, fresh vantage points were fortified against a land attack including Townstall Church, the West Gate, Mount Boone and Mount Flaggon.
3. Mount Flaggon, strongly garrisoned by Royalists is supposed to have been an eminence overhanging the town, nearly about its centre.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV338879 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1855-1895. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. First Edition 1:500 Town Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV341423 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX85SE39. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV74774 | Related to: Alma, 19 Brown's Hill, Dartmouth (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 19 2013 12:35PM |
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