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HER Number:MDV55008
Name:Bomb crater at Holming Beam Bottom

Summary

A circular pool believed to be a shell crater of uncertain date.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 585 778
Map Sheet:SX57NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX57NE32
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 439661
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/146

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
  • BOMB CRATER (XIX to Mid 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1949 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX57NE32 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV237025.

(21/08/1978) Cropmark of a possible hut circle at SX 58557786 .

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Cropmark of possible hut circle.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(11/07/1994) The feature identified on (a) is a 3.5m circular pool.
The circular pool described by the Ordnance Survey (1978) is a flooded shell crater, one of many on the northern and western flanks of Black Dunghill and Holming Beam.

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 crater, now water filled (not hut circle).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV237025Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX57NE32. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV346608Report - 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.
SDV361635Report - 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. [Mapped feature: #34764 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7001 - Archaeological and palaeological assessment at Blackbrook Hill
  • 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 20 2021 4:42PM