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| HER Number: | MDV6929 |
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| Name: | Possible Medieval or pound enclosure, East Bowden |
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Summary
Small enclosure considered by Worth (1967) to potentially be the Medieval Halstock Pound. He states the date of this feature may be doubtful. Precise location of this feature has not been confirmed.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 603 930 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Belstone |
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| Civil Parish | Okehampton Hamlets |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | OKEHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and building foundations of a probable deserted medieval settlement at East Bowden farm along with possible site of Halstock Pound
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX69SW169
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572719
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/54
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/90
- Pastscape: 1572719
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD (Between))
- POUND (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Plot is depicted on the late 19th century historic map.
Fogwill, E. G., 1954, Pastoralism on Dartmoor, 106 (Article in Serial). SDV346914.
Halstock Pound. Not precisely located. Small square enclosure often used at the pony drifts to establish Venville rights.
Worth, R. H., 1967, Worth's Dartmoor, 476 (Monograph). SDV337618.
Small enclosure considered by Worth to be the Medieval Halstock pound:
"Halstock Pound... a quadrilateral measuring about 90 feet by 60 feet; once situated on the border of the open common, but as it now stands, taken out of enclosed lands. Its antiquity may well be doubted."
Royal Air Force, 1968, V58/RAF/8510, 54 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221443.
SX 630929 A probable enclosure and associated hut circle are visble on an air photo.
Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2006, Scanned sections of the Dartmoor Tithe Maps (farmsteads and settlements) (Cartographic). SDV357646.
Section of the Tithe Map for Okehampton Hamlets does not depict this enclosure/plot.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Shown on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV221443 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1968. V58/RAF/8510. royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 54. |
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV337618 | Monograph: Worth, R. H.. 1967. Worth's Dartmoor. Worth's Dartmoor. A5 Hardback. 476. |
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| SDV346914 | Article in Serial: Fogwill, E. G.. 1954. Pastoralism on Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 86. A5 Hardback. 106. |
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| SDV357646 | Cartographic: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 2006. Scanned sections of the Dartmoor Tithe Maps (farmsteads and settlements). Tithe Map. Digital. |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #125196 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV13054 | Related to: Medieval site, East Bowden (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 30 2021 10:22AM |
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