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| HER Number: | MDV4437 |
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| Name: | Rock Outcrop near Kipling Tors, Westward Ho! |
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Summary
Natural feature incorrectly identified as a barrow.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 424 285 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Abbotsham |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ABBOTSHAM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42NW/90/14
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Palaeolithic - 698000 BC to 8001 BC (Between))
Full description
Haswell, B. W., 1975, Interim Report on Sites Located and Surveyed by Major B.W. Haswell on Tors Top, Westward Ho! (Un-published). SDV340139.
Oval barrow 24.6 metres by 15 metres with kist 5.7 metres by 4.4 metres. The eastern end of the barrow is under the roadway outside the field. The kist unlike all the others lies in this barrow in the north-south plane. No.13 on plan.
Bayer, O. J., 1996, Barrows in the Torridge District of North West Devon: A Study in Distribution and Location (Undergraduate Dissertation). SDV319515.
Natural feature shown to be a rock outcrop.
Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J., 2007, The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report, No. 108 (Report - Assessment). SDV339712.
Feature identified as a barrow but subsequently shown to be a natural rock outcrop.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV319515 | Undergraduate Dissertation: Bayer, O. J.. 1996. Barrows in the Torridge District of North West Devon: A Study in Distribution and Location. University of Leicester Dissertation. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV339712 | Report - Assessment: Collings, A. G. + Manning, P. T. + Valentin, J.. 2007. The North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Phase 1. Archaeological Survey. Summary Report. Exeter Archaeology Report. 06.22 (rev.1). A4 Stapled + Digital. No. 108. |
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| SDV340139 | Un-published: Haswell, B. W.. 1975. Interim Report on Sites Located and Surveyed by Major B.W. Haswell on Tors Top, Westward Ho!. A4 Stapled. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 23 2015 12:38PM |
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