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| HER Number: | MDV52771 |
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| Name: | Gatepost north-east of Bellever Tor |
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Summary
Slotted gate post identified during field investigations carried out in 1993. It is situated in a drystone wall north-east of Bellever Tor and is thought to be part of a locked bar gate.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 646 770 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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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 | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NW240
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 898064
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/265
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- GATE PIER (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Worth, R. H., 1967, Worth's Dartmoor, 364 (Monograph). SDV337618.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(03/11/1993) SX 6467 7705: A slotted gatepost in an unmaintained drystone wall 650 metres north east of Bellever Tor. The stone is upright and probably in its original position; the flat-topped post measures 1.7 metres high 0.2 metres wide and 0.4 metres thick. There is a shallow hollow cut right across the top of the north face of the post below which are four rectangular slots carved in the north western corner. Two mutilated iron fixings are leaded into the post: one near the bottom, the other below the top hollow. This post represents what Worth (1953, 364) (1) describes as a 'locked-bar gate' and would have been paired with a more conventional slotted post. The gate bars would have been held in the slots by a locking bar attached to the iron fixings.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV337618 | Monograph: Worth, R. H.. 1967. Worth's Dartmoor. Worth's Dartmoor. A5 Hardback. 364. |
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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. [Mapped feature: #33051 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7388 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7406 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 13 2023 10:38AM |
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