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| HER Number: | MDV36186 |
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| Name: | Salcombe, Possible Beacon Site |
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Summary
Field named Beacon Park in the 18th & 19th centuries
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 726 370 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX73NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Salcombe |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SALCOMBE |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Structures and earthworks of World War Two Airfield, RAF Bolt Head
Other References/Statuses
- National Trust SMR: 100,531
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX73NW/65
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BEACON (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Bawden, M., Reply to Questionnaire from Dean Milles (Correspondence). SDV150675.
"The Soars. Is very high; at the east end whereof was formerly a beacon at the mouth of the river or rather sea, that runs to Salcombe."
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX73NW36 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV144956.
In the Tithe Award the field has been subdivided into East Beacon and West Beacon. The eastern half incorporates a cliff edge hilltop at about 130m (citing Tithe Map).
Lang, G., 1777, Courtenay Estate Map (Record Office Collection). SDV144955.
A field is named Beacon Park in 1777.
Unknown, 1841, Salcombe (Cartographic). SDV144958.
Field Numbers 2349 and 2350.
Thackray, C., 1990, Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon, 12 (Report - Survey). SDV345519.
Collings, A., 20/03/2014, South Hams Beacons (Un-published). SDV357109.
West and East Beacon, tithe apportionement 2349–50; in Sewer and West Portlemouth tithing? Became part of Salcombe parish in the 1890s.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV144955 | Record Office Collection: Lang, G.. 1777. Courtenay Estate Map. Courtenay Survey of the South Hams. Manuscript. |
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| SDV144956 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SX73NW36. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV144958 | Cartographic: Unknown. 1841. Salcombe. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Map (Paper). |
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| SDV150675 | Correspondence: Bawden, M.. Reply to Questionnaire from Dean Milles. Letter. Microfilm. |
| SDV345519 | Report - Survey: Thackray, C.. 1990. Archaeological Survey of the Salcombe Estuary: West (Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point) Devon. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. 12. |
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| SDV357109 | Un-published: Collings, A.. 20/03/2014. South Hams Beacons. List of Beacons in the South Hams. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4935 - Archaeological Survey from Bolt Head to Bolt Tail and Snapes Point
- EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 18 2018 12:29PM |
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