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| HER Number: | MDV6998 |
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| Name: | EARTHWORK in the Parish of South Tawton |
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Summary
Earthwork in field immediately n of rose cottage, livaton cross. Truncated at w end by road. Shadow suggests low earth bank (king).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 676 936 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Tawton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH TAWTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 1572712
- National Monuments Record: SX69SE75
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/44
- Pastscape: 1572712
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EARTHWORK (Early Neolithic to Late Medieval - 4000 BC to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV270176.
Des=king, a. /dcra survey a30 whiddon down to tongue end/(26/2/1979)no.15 worksheet/in smr.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV270177.
Des=griffith, f. M. /as above/(23/10/1996).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV270178.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk/2082/4439/(19/5/1947)/(dcc35/65).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV270179.
Aph=dap/sd 11,12,13(27/6/1990).
Griffith, F. M., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV8774.
King appears to have sketched the form of this possible earthwork (? meaning enclosure?) on the smr base map. On the 1946 raf aps nothing fitting sketch or description can be seen, although one field boundary (subsequently removed) is visible, plus the ? soilmark traces of two other, smaller, fields or enclosures (fmg).
KING, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1479.
Earthwork in field immediately n of rose cottage, livaton cross. Truncated at w end by road. Shadow suggests low earth bank (king).
BKS Surveys Ltd, 1971, BKS/4743, 170381 (Aerial Photograph). SDV244427.
(13/12/1971) SX676936. Prehistoric earthwork seen as a cropmark in the field immediately north of Rose Cottage, Linton Cross. It is a low earth bank 110m long and 70m wide, and has been truncated by a road.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1479 | Migrated Record: KING. |
| SDV244427 | Aerial Photograph: BKS Surveys Ltd. 1971. BKS/4743. BKS Surveys Ltd. Unknown. 170381. |
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| SDV270176 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV270177 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV270178 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV270179 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV8774 | Migrated Record: Griffith, F. M.. |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 30 2021 10:59AM |
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