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HER Number: | MDV6533 |
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Name: | Coins found in barrow in region of Stannon Hill / Merripit |
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Summary
Location very approximate. Stannon hill. Mrs. Bray states that a "pot of money" had been discovered by a man named narrish in a barrow from which he was extracting stones. It is not known whether these were primary or secondary deposits (burnard).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 65 80 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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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
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a series of leats running north-south on Stannon Hill, including on running all the way to Postbridge and an area of medieval cultivation ridges
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to XIX - 700 BC (Between) to 1890 AD (Between))
Full description
Burnard, R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV160759.
Stannon hill. Mrs. Bray states that a "pot of money" had been discovered by a man named narrish in a barrow from which he was extracting stones. It is not known whether these were primary or secondary deposits (burnard).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275548.
Burnard, r. /tda/22(1890)201/notes on dartmoor kistvaens.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV275549.
Bray, s. E. /borders of tamar and tavy/(1838)99.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV160759 | Migrated Record: Burnard, R.. |
SDV275548 | Migrated Record: |
SDV275549 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds
- FDV2136 - COIN HOARD? (Early Iron Age to XIX - 700 BC to 1890 AD)
Associated Events
- EDV8648 - Middle Merripit Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
Date Last Edited: | Oct 3 2023 10:16AM |
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