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| HER Number: | MDV54175 |
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| Name: | Elizabethan Breaker's Yard |
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Summary
Small tidal creek, now pasture, was once an elizabethan breakers yard. Ships mast now a beam in sowden house (sx98se/24). Ceased to be a creek after advent of railway and cutting off from sea (smith).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 992 836 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX98SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Lympstone |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYMPSTONE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX98SE/137
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHIPYARD (XVI to Post Medieval - 1501 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
TITHE MAP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134236.
The lympstone tm (copy seen at sowden house) of 1839 shows this area as already being meadow (tm).
BELL + DYER + SAGE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134237.
An archaeological watching brief was carried out during sww lympstone sewage scheme by exeter archaeology in 2000. The w section of pipe was laid across the site of reclaimed tidal creek believed to have been the site of a former shipbuilding yard. No features or deposits of archaeological significance were encountered (bell + dyer + sage).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134238.
Des=smith, r.(sowden house)/(26/4/1995)/as above.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134239.
Dro=lympstone tm (1839).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV134240.
Des=bell, j. + dyer, m. J. + sage, a. J. /archaeological watching brief at the lympstone first time sewerage scheme, sowden/(2000)/project no 3949.
SMITH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV52275.
Small tidal creek, now pasture, was once an elizabethan breakers yard. Ships mast now a beam in sowden house (sx98se/24). Ceased to be a creek after advent of railway and cutting off from sea (smith).
Cotswold Archaeology, 2011, Land at Courtlands Cross, Exmouth, Devon: Assessment of Potential Impacts upon the setting of Designated Heritage Assets and Heritage Impact Assessment, Appendix A, 37 (Report - non-specific). SDV351225.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV134236 | Migrated Record: TITHE MAP. |
| SDV134237 | Migrated Record: BELL + DYER + SAGE. |
| SDV134238 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV134239 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV134240 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV351225 | Report - non-specific: Cotswold Archaeology. 2011. Land at Courtlands Cross, Exmouth, Devon: Assessment of Potential Impacts upon the setting of Designated Heritage Assets and Heritage Impact Assessment. Cotswold Archaeology Report. 11103 + 09170. A4 Stapled + Digital. Appendix A, 37. |
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| SDV52275 | Migrated Record: SMITH. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 22 2013 1:32PM |
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