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| HER Number: | MDV51805 |
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| Name: | Old Summer House, Halshanger Common |
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Summary
The Summer House was apparently built in the early 19th century as a hide from which to shoot rabbits. It has now been demolished and only a rubble platform survives.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 748 738 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/403
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SUMMERHOUSE (Built, XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Old Summer House marked.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
'Old Summer House' marked on (1906) historic map.
Newman, P., 2013, An Archaeological Assessment of Halshanger and Horridge Commons, Dartmoor, Devon, 13, Table 1 (Report - Assessment). SDV356396.
Structure apparently built in the early 19th century as a hide from which to shoot rabbits. It has now been demolished and only a rubble platform survives. Grassland.
Newman, P., 2013, Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed (Report - Survey). SDV351113.
Newman , P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 57 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Old Summer House, Halshanger Common
This structure first appears on the OS Old Series 1-inch map of 1809 and according to Hemery (1983, 699-9) was built in the early 19th century by the Woodleighs of Halsanger as a hide from where rabbits were shot at with shot guns. Although apparently still standing on aerial photographs of 1946, the building has since been demolished and only a rubble platform survives.
Condition is destroyed. SX74898 73811
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #94098 ] |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV351113 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2013. Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed. Digital. |
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| SDV356396 | Report - Assessment: Newman, P.. 2013. An Archaeological Assessment of Halshanger and Horridge Commons, Dartmoor, Devon. SW Landscape Investigations Report. A4 Bound + Digital. 13, Table 1. |
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| SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman , P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 57. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV25217 | Related to: Parallel Reave System on the south-eastern edge of Halshanger Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6433 - Assessment of Halsanger Common, Horridge Common and Rippon Tor
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 18 2016 9:48AM |
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