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| HER Number: | MDV56383 |
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| Name: | Higher Wood, Yarcombe |
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Summary
Higher Wood holds rare pit-like depressions but these may have been caused by uprooting trees.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 255 123 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST21SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Yarcombe |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | YARCOMBE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST21SE/31
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
BUT SEE ST21SE/27, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV115059.
Vis=7/3/1995 (emafu) densely-planted conifer plantation with slightly undulating surface and rare pits c.2.5m diam; the rest is undulating ground. Very stony, virtually no topsoil, ground covered with chert indicating quarrying? no eivdence of iron slag or ore in exposed stores (but see st21se/27)(ea).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV115060.
Des=exeter archaeology/blackdown hills ironworking survey/(1995).
Reed, S. J., 1995, Notes on Fieldwalking Yarcombe Estate Forest Areas, 24. Higher Wood. (Un-published). SDV358374.
Featureless conifer plantation, very stony with virtually no topsoil. The stone consisted entirely of chert fragments with no evidence of ore or slag. There were rare pit-like depressions but these may have been caused by uprooting trees.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV115059 | Report - Survey: BUT SEE ST21SE/27. |
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| SDV115060 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV358374 | Un-published: Reed, S. J.. 1995. Notes on Fieldwalking Yarcombe Estate Forest Areas. A4 Stapled + Digital. 24. Higher Wood.. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 5 2015 5:02PM |
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