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| HER Number: | MDV6711 |
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| Name: | Possible enclosure south of West Vitifer Tin Mine, Chagford |
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Summary
Possible enclosure visible as a cropmark on aerial photograph which may be part of the Bovey streamworking
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 678 825 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Extensive area of tin streamworks on the River Bovey related to tin working and the medieval field system around Lakeland Farm
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68SE76
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443876
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/124
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC? (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 02/07/1964, F64 6399, 20-21 (Aerial Photograph). SDV244309.
Cropmark of part of a possible oval enclosure at SX 6784 8259.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on aerial photographs.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Triangular-shaped enclosure visible on aerial photograph.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 27/04/2022 (Website). SDV364039.
[443876 / SX68SE76] (07/11/2002) Previous condition unknown. Bracken covered. Not visible on ground - probably small element of valley floor tin streamworking remains (S. Probert, Field Investigator's comments).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV244309 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 02/07/1964. F64 6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 20-21. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #98371 ] |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 27/04/2022. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27847 | Part of: Streamworks on River Bovey, Chagford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 27 2022 2:34PM |
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