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| HER Number: | MDV5997 |
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| Name: | Possible enclosure south-east of Laughter Hole Farm |
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Summary
Enclosure recorded by Ordnance Survey in the 1950s. Not verified by 1985 Aerial Photograh Project or subsequent survey work.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 659 755 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NE |
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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: SX67NE24
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442470
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/22
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Undated)
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE? (Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX67NE24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV248326.
(27/02/1950) Pound.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1946 aerial photograph. Appears to be within the streamworking area SX67NE/165.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(16/08/1988) SX 6598 7551. The 1905 1:2500 depicts this as crude stone symbols annotated 'Pound' and the 1965 6" (3) as pecks annotated 'Enclosure' but there is no trace of any feature here now. The site at the bottom of a gully on gently sloping ground, a quagmire from which the Winford Brook emerges. Scattered over the area in no specific patren are a few large stones and boulders but nothing interpretable as the remains of a pound. It is not a suitable situation for a pound and seems likely to have been an original misinterpretation.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1991, Duchy of Cornwall Enclosed Farmland Project: Archaeological Survey and Evaluation Dartmoor infill areas (Report - Survey). SDV364202.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV248326 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX67NE24. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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| 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. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8634 - Brimpts Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 1 2022 12:59PM |
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