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| HER Number: | MDV65505 |
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| Name: | TENTER GROUND in the Parish of Great Torrington |
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Summary
Field called 'rack park' shown on the 1843 tithe map. Probably one of the fields laid out by william callon who undertook in his lease of 1777 to 'inclose the said demised premises with hedges, walls or rails'. The name is suggestive of racks or tenters on which cloth would have been stretched prior to the erection of the drying linhay (ea).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 478 199 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS41NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Great Torrington |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GREAT TORRINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS41NE/59/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- TENTER GROUND (XVIII to XXI - 1701 AD to 2009 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV2692.
Des=exeter archaeology/archaeological assessment of sww rothernbridge to brynsworthy water main: stage 1 (rothernbridge to gammaton moor)/(december 1999)6/ea report 99.90.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV79.
Field called 'rack park' shown on the 1843 tithe map. Probably one of the fields laid out by william callon who undertook in his lease of 1777 to 'inclose the said demised premises with hedges, walls or rails'. The name is suggestive of racks or tenters on which cloth would have been stretched prior to the erection of the drying linhay (ea).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV2692 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV79 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 30 2015 5:07PM |
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