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HER Number: | MDV54599 |
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Name: | Possible mortar stance on Assycombe Hill |
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Summary
Shallow depression approximately 4.8m across, up to 0.5m deep and has a crude stoney rim 0.5m wide and 0.5m high. Its origin and function are not clear. It may be of military origin, perhaps as a mortar stance, however, associated rectangular pits are not apparent. Alternatively it may be caused by the extraction of surface moor stone.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 663 818 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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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: SX68SE194
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 916294
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/343
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PIT (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(06/11/1992) SX66478189. An amorphous shallow depression lies in open heather-covered moorland on the SW flank of Assycombe Hill. It is approximately 4.8m across, up to 0.5m deep and has a crude stoney rim 0.5m wide and 0.5m high.
Its origin and function are not clear. It may be of military origin, perhaps as a mortar stance, however, associated rectangular pits are not apparent. Alternatively it may be caused by the extraction of surface moor stone.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
Visible.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. S. Probert. |
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SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #137133 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
Date Last Edited: | Apr 28 2022 10:26AM |
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