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| HER Number: | MDV3973 |
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| Name: | Cheesepress at Longstone Manor, Burrator |
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Summary
Circular stone cheese press with unusually prolonged snout.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 557 684 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/2/3
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHEESEPRESS (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1949, The Moorstone Age, Part 1 (Article in Serial). SDV274816.
Circular stone cheese press. Snout broken but has been unusually prolonged. One diametrical groove extends from the snout to near the farther circumference of the circular groove. 165 millimetres thick, channel diameter 38 centimetres.
Greeves, T. A. P., 1979, South West Water Authority Burrator Survey, No. 46 (Report - non-specific). SDV278356.
Sources / Further Reading
- Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1949. The Moorstone Age, Part 1. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 81. A5 Hardback.
- Report - non-specific: Greeves, T. A. P.. 1979. South West Water Authority Burrator Survey. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. 18. Unknown. No. 46.
Associated Monuments
| MDV103325 | Related to: Burrator Reservoir (Monument) |
| MDV3970 | Related to: Longstone, Burrator Reservoir (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 14 2013 11:39AM |
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