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| HER Number: | MDV41868 |
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| Name: | Site of Sea Defences at Exmouth |
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Summary
Post medieval references to a dam suggest that some form of embankment once existed for the protection of the low lying part of the town from the sea. The dam probably lay across the western end of the Strand.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 000 809 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY08SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Exmouth |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LITTLEHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SY08SW/230
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SEA DEFENCES (XV to XIX - 1401 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Weddell, P. J., 1986, The Excavation of Medieval and Later Houses and St. Margaret's Chapel, Exmouth 1982-1984, 130 (Article in Serial). SDV109145.
Documentary sources indicate that some form of embankment existed for the protection of the low lying part of the town. In 1638 George Parndon was presented for damaging the earthen 'dam' and a rerambulation of the manor in 1743 states 'cross the dam to the great tree on the strand'. The dam probably lay across the west end of the Strand where a wide road survives in the present century.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV109145 | Article in Serial: Weddell, P. J.. 1986. The Excavation of Medieval and Later Houses and St. Margaret's Chapel, Exmouth 1982-1984. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 44. Paperback Volume. 130. [Mapped feature: #24902 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4728 - Assessment of Proposed Exmouth Strand Enhancement Scheme
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 30 2012 9:05AM |
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