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| HER Number: | MDV41882 |
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| Name: | Enclosed Cemetary, Lydford |
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Summary
Possible enclosed cemetery site around the Church of St Petrock in Lydford. Thorught to be an early Christian graveyard on the grounds of its sub-circular shape, which has been modified and the massive nature of the enclosure wall.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 509 847 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Lydford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/60/4
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSED CEMETERY (Roman to VII - 43 AD to 700 AD (Between))
Full description
Pearce, S. M., 1985, The Early Church in the Landscape: The Evidence from North Devon (part), 259-260 (Article in Serial). SDV336495.
Possible enclosed cemetery site. Pearce argues that Lyford churchyard is an early Christian graveyard on the grounds of its sub-circular shape, which has been modified and the massive nature of the enclosure wall, which are taken as early Christian features on sites in Wales, Cornwall and elsewhere in Devon (e.g. Stowford, MDV12642).
Also the church's dedication to St. Petrock and a fragment of Mediterranean a ware found in residual material in excavations in the castle bailey to the north of the churchyard are taken as further, early Christian, evidence. A hedge bank on the southeast side of the churchyard that determines the course of a late Saxon, or earlier, road is apparently secondary to the churchyard.
Exeter Archaeology, 2008, Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Sewage Treatment Works at Lydford, 7 (Report - Assessment). SDV351460.
Possible Early Christian graveyard at St Petrock's parish church.
Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336495 | Article in Serial: Pearce, S. M.. 1985. The Early Church in the Landscape: The Evidence from North Devon (part). Archaeological Journal. 142. A4 Stapled + Digital. 259-260. |
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| SDV348725 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #91243 ] |
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| SDV351460 | Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 2008. Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Sewage Treatment Works at Lydford. Exeter Archaeology. 08.31 (6475). A4 Grip Bound. 7. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV98397 | Parent of: Anne Friend headstone south-east of Church of St Petrock (Monument) |
| MDV98392 | Parent of: Friend headstone east of Church of St Petrock (Monument) |
| MDV98391 | Parent of: Friend headstone south-east of Church of St Petrock (Monument) |
| MDV98394 | Parent of: Group of foot and headstones south of Church of St Petrock, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV101196 | Parent of: Group of headstones south of Church of St Petrock, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV98393 | Parent of: Hannah Williams headstone south of Church of St Petrock (Monument) |
| MDV98390 | Parent of: Pengeley and Redstone headstones south of Church of St Petrock (Monument) |
| MDV98388 | Parent of: Philips' headstone south of Church of St Petrock, Lydford (Monument) |
| MDV101195 | Parent of: Powell headstone south of Church of St Petrock (Monument) |
| MDV98398 | Parent of: Table tomb 13 metres south of Church of St Petrock (Monument) |
| MDV98396 | Parent of: The Watchmaker's Tomb, St. Petrock's Churchyard (Monument) |
| MDV3256 | Related to: St Petrock's Church, Lydford (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6171 - Archaeological Assessment of Proposed Sewage Treatment Works at Lydford (Ref: 08.31)
- EDV7079 - Geophysical survey on land adjacent to Lydford Castle (Ref: 2011/07)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 13 2016 3:42PM |
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