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| HER Number: | MDV61394 |
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| Name: | Lynchet in Knightshayes Park |
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Summary
Slight break of slope creating negative lynchet which terminates at both ends against extant boundaries. Remnant of earlier system of enclosure pre-dating emparkment.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 959 146 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS91SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Tiverton |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TIVERTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91SE/401
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
National Trust, 1984, Knightshayes Court, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV341846.
Land Use Consultants, 1998, Knightshayes Park Survey Plan (Report - Survey). SDV341869.
Visited on 16/03/1998. Located in south area of park. Slight break of slope creating negative lynchet approximately 0.3 metres high and 180 metres long, east to west, terminating at both ends against an extant boundary. Remnant of previous system of enclosure pre-dating emparkment. Associated with ditch (site 17) which terminates against this feature. Other details: Appendix 5: site 18.
English Heritage, 2000, Knightshayes Court (Register of Parks and Gardens in England). SDV341847.
The Parks Agency, 2007, The Setting of Knightshayes Park and Garden: A Historic Landscape Assessment (Report - Assessment). SDV341853.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341846 | Report - Survey: National Trust. 1984. Knightshayes Court, Devon. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. A4 Stapled + Digital. |
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| SDV341847 | Register of Parks and Gardens in England: English Heritage. 2000. Knightshayes Court. Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. A4 Stapled. |
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| SDV341853 | Report - Assessment: The Parks Agency. 2007. The Setting of Knightshayes Park and Garden: A Historic Landscape Assessment. Parks Agency Report. A4 Spiral Bound. |
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| SDV341869 | Report - Survey: Land Use Consultants. 1998. Knightshayes Park Survey Plan. National Trust Report. A4 Unbound + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV61375 | Part of: Knightshayes Park (Park/Garden) |
| MDV61393 | Related to: Shallow Ditch in Knightshayes Park (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4435 - A Historic Landscape Assessment of the Setting of Knightshayes Park and Garden
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 5 2009 1:30PM |
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