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| HER Number: | MDV48110 |
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| Name: | Two boundary stones north-east of Eylesbarrow |
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Summary
Two boundary stones north east of Eylesbarrow. One measures 1.1m high, 0.39m wide and 0.14m thick and marks the edge of Dartmoor Forest. The other is 1.9m high and 0.3m square and bears the initials PCWW for the Plymouth Corporation Water Works.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 601 689 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NW94
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063660
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/198
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BOUNDARY STONE (XVIII to Early 20th Century - 1751 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map, 113NW (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Boundary stone' indicated on OS 6 inch (1906). Also indicated on later (1968) edition.
Brewer, D., 1986, A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor (Monograph). SDV309252.
This stone marks the boundary of the Meavy catchment for Burrator Reservoir, purchased by Plymouth Corporation Water Works.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, H. Riley (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(06/01/1995) Two boundary stones 450m NE of Eylesbarrow at SX 60126901 and SX 60126899. The former is a dressed granite slab with a flat top. It measures 1.1m high, 0.39m wide and 0.14m thick; no inscription is visible. There is an erosion hollow at the base of the stone. This stone marks the Dartmoor Forest boundary.
Some 18m to the N is a prostrate, dressed granite pillar with a trapezoidal top. The stone has fallen so that it lies E to W on its E face. It measures 1.9m long and is 0.3m in cross-section. On its uppermost, originally W, face is the inscription PCWW, letters 0.05m high, and the date 1917, numbers 0.07m high, in a panel 0.3m square.
Wessex Archaeology, 2002, Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey, WA017 (Report - Survey). SDV354588.
Newman, P., 2006, Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation (Report - Survey). SDV233640.
(01/08/2006) As described in 1995.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV233640 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2006. Cramber Tor Training Area Archaeological Field Investigation. English Heritage. |
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| SDV309252 | Monograph: Brewer, D.. 1986. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. A field guide to the boundary markers on and around Dartmoor. Unknown. |
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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). 113NW. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. H. Riley. |
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| SDV354588 | Report - Survey: Wessex Archaeology. 2002. Cramber Tor Training Area Rapid Condition Survey. Wessex Archaeology Report. Unknown. WA017. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV132229 | Related to: Inscribed boundary stone north-east of Eylesbarrow (Monument) |
| MDV132230 | Related to: Inscribed boundary stone north-east of Eylesbarrow (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 12 2022 11:28AM |
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