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HER Number:MDV36042
Name:Beacon

Summary

A one hectare field is named 'beacon park' on the tithe award (tithe map cited by os). Vis=20/1/1987 (os). Field strips to the south of this field all have the element 'beacon' in their names. The area lies on sloping ground at the end of a long narrow valley (os).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 611 490
Map Sheet:SX64NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishHolbeton
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishHOLBETON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 441037
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX64NW/29

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BEACON (Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166837.

Des=tithe map and award/(1839)no 891.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV166838.

Osa=sx64nw23.


Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

A one hectare field is named 'beacon park' on the tithe award (tithe map cited by os). Vis=20/1/1987 (os). Field strips to the south of this field all have the element 'beacon' in their names. The area lies on sloping ground at the end of a long narrow valley (os).


Collings, A., 20/03/2014, South Hams Beacons (Un-published). SDV357109.

Cluster of 11 beacon names, the highest point being within a block of strips numbered 906 to 911a; in Holbeton tithing?

Sources / Further Reading

SDV166837Migrated Record:
SDV166838Migrated Record:
SDV24Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV357109Un-published: Collings, A.. 20/03/2014. South Hams Beacons. List of Beacons in the South Hams. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Feb 26 2015 9:46AM