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| HER Number: | MDV55007 |
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| Name: | Natural water-formed hollow at Holming Beam Bottom |
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Summary
Natural hollow once believed to be a possible Bronze Age hut circle.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 590 774 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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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: SX57NE33
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439664
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/145
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/F64/58/6399, 035-36 (Aerial Photograph). SDV255307.
Cropmark of a possible hut circle recorded at SX 5902 7749 from a aerial photograph.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX57NE33 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV216864.
(21/08/1978) The feature is a natural water formed hollow.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
The feature is a natural water formed hollow. As described in 1978.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Table 3 (Report - Survey). SDV361635.
Confirmed as a natural hollow; not hut circle.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV216864 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX57NE33. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
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| SDV255307 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1964. RAF/F64/58/6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 035-36. |
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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. |
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| SDV361635 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-west Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. Table 3. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV128149 | Related to: Circular features at Holming Beam Bottom (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
- EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 23 2021 9:00AM |
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