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HER Number:MDV40642
Name:Coffins Wood, Peter Tavy

Summary

Part of coffins (coffins wood) was felled by princetown, french and american prisoners of war. The wood was used for making coffins for some of them.(lichfield-smith).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 540 810
Map Sheet:SX58SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishPeter Tavy
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTAVISTOCK

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/172

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WOOD (Unknown date)

Full description

LICHFIELD SMITH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV108757.

Part of coffins (coffins wood) was felled by princetown, french and american prisoners of war. The wood was used for making coffins for some of them.(lichfield-smith).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV226955.

Des=worksheet/(lichfield-smith,1966).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV108757Migrated Record: LICHFIELD SMITH.
SDV226955Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV15309Related to: Dartmoor Prison, Princetown (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 6 2016 11:33AM