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| HER Number: | MDV65513 |
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| Name: | Weare Giffard, Cleave Shrunken Settlement |
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Summary
A possible shrunken settlement is suggested by an 1822 reference to the 'village of Clifft'.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 488 222 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Weare Giffard |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEARE GIFFARD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS42SE/141
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Unknown date)
Full description
Exeter Archaeology, 1999, Archaeological Assessment of SWW Rothernbridge to Brynsworthy Water Main: Stage 1 (Rothernbridge to Gammaton Moor), 7 (Report - Assessment). SDV449.
A possible shrunken settlement is suggested at Cleave. The Lysons brothers' survey of the county published in 1822 refers to the parish of Weare Giffard as including the 'village of Clifft' which is scarcely even a hamlet at the present time.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV449 | Report - Assessment: Exeter Archaeology. 1999. Archaeological Assessment of SWW Rothernbridge to Brynsworthy Water Main: Stage 1 (Rothernbridge to Gammaton Moor). Exeter Archaeology Report. 99.90. A4 Stapled + Digital. 7. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 4 2006 8:41PM |
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