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| HER Number: | MDV6197 |
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| Name: | Holed stone near Wallabrook Bridge, Gidleigh |
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Summary
Very large rock slab protruding perilously above the boulder strewn bank of the North Teign River. At the extremity of the stone a natural rock basin has weathered through into a hole.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 265 087 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX20NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE28
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443562
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/76
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX68NE28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV274343.
(09/07/1974) SX 6550 8707 'Tolmen' (NR) marked on Ordnance Survey mapping.
A very large rock slab protruding perilously above the boulder strewn bank of the North Teign River. At the extremity of the stone a natural rock basin has weathered through into a hole. Position of feature correct on 1:2500.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 184, Map 37, Site 'b' (Monograph). SDV219155.
The 'Teign Tolmen' is a curiously worn granite slab with a hole through it of about 1 metres across overhanging the river just east of the clapper bridge. Tolmens or holed stones were a favourite with some early antiquaries because of their supposed Druidical associations, said to have survived in such country customs as 'drawing children through a round hole made in flat rocks to cure rickets'.
English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.
Feature shown as a cross on survey.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
'Tolmen' shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 184, Map 37, Site 'b'. |
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| SDV274343 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1974. SX68NE28. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. [Mapped feature: #39745 ] |
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| SDV345855 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Survey Information (miscellaneous date). English Heritage. Digital. |
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| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6166 | Related to: Teign-a-ver Clapper Bridge (Monument) |
| MDV134799 | Related to: Turbine on the North Teign near Batworthy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 11 2024 12:06PM |
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