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| HER Number: | MDV28569 |
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| Name: | BUILDING in the Parish of Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
A level stance, perhaps the site of a building or the base of overhead equipment associated with stone working. It is cut into a slight south-facing boulder-covered hillslope and measures approximately 15.0m by 3.0m with an 0.4m high backscarp. Some low, earthfast boulders are set around its edge and on the south side are two crude plats constructed of moorland boulders and stones which measure 3.2m by 2.0m by a maximum 0.5m high and 1.6m by 1.3m by 0.3m respectively.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 558 619 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56SE140
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439507
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/339
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BUILDING PLATFORM (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX56SE140 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV142788.
(30/09/1980) At SX 55846193, on a south slope of Shaugh Moor is the platform of a building some 15m. by 5m. levelled into the hillslope to a depth of 0.3m. The only structural remains are three roughly dressed base stones of different sizes (see plan) standing 0.5m. high, presumably for supporting pillars giving the building an open front.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. and at 1:10 000 for A.O. Records (plan with SX 56 SE 53).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Shown but not described in project.
Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., 1998, Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey (Report - Survey). SDV343481.
(04/12/1997) Centred at SX55846194. A level stance, perhaps the site of a building or the base of overhead equipment associated with stone working. It is cut into a slight south-facing boulder-covered hillslope and measures approximately 15.0m by 3.0m with an 0.4m high backscarp. Some low, earthfast boulders are set around its edge and on the south side are two crude plats constructed of moorland boulders and stones which measure 3.2m by 2.0m by a maximum 0.5m high and 1.6m by 1.3m by 0.3m respectively.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV142788 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1980. SX56SE140. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| 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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| SDV343481 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Probert, S.. 1998. Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #133103 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4967 - Shaugh Moor Survey (1997-1998)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 24 2021 11:23AM |
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