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HER Number: | MDV59570 |
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Name: | SPOIL HEAP in the Parish of Meavy |
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Summary
Spoil heaps n of higher meavy bridge farm between the farm buildings and the line of the plymouth leat. These may represent spoil thrown from quarrying or mining in the vicinity (exeter archaeology).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 546 671 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Meavy |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/209
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SPOIL HEAP (Unknown date)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217869.
Ea/archaeological assessment of south west water burrator to crownhill water main upgrade/( 1996)8/(ea report 96.56).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV217870.
Bayer, o. J. + sage, s. A. /archaeological recording on the swwsl burrator to crownhill water main upgrade:stage 2/(1997)2,3/(ea report 97.24).
BAYER + SAGE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV219350.
The majority of the spoil heaps consisted of sub-rounded, large granite fragments and large angular shillet fragments within a brown silty loam matrix. These deposits varied in depth between 0.75m and 2m. At w end of the wood, occasional pockets of clean yellow/brown coarse sand were encountered (bayer + sage).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.
Spoil heaps n of higher meavy bridge farm between the farm buildings and the line of the plymouth leat. These may represent spoil thrown from quarrying or mining in the vicinity (exeter archaeology).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV217869 | Migrated Record: |
SDV217870 | Migrated Record: |
SDV219350 | Migrated Record: BAYER + SAGE. |
SDV79 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
MDV107520 | Related to: Hernspitt farm, Meavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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