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HER Number:MDV7043
Name:Rickham Common Battery

Summary

Possible civil war fortification or battery.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 737 377
Map Sheet:SX73NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishEast Portlemouth
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishEAST PORTLEMOUTH

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthworks of English Civil War defensive Battery at Rickham Common

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX73NW/13

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BATTERY (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Waterhouse, R. E., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV139351.

Battery set up in 1646. Marked on 1st edition os map of 1888 as crescent shaped bank with convex side facing e (waterhouse).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV157347.

Osa=sx73nw8.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV157348.

Wall, j. C. /vch. Devon/1(1906)624.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV157349.

Des=waterhouse, r. /east portlemouth heritage appraisal: an archaeological history of the parish/(2000)28-29/in pf.


WALL, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV23814.

Built into the south-western end of a system of 17 terraces (wall).


Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.

Vis=27/6/1950 earthwork; civil war fortification. Battery (os).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV139351Migrated Record: Waterhouse, R. E..
SDV157347Migrated Record:
SDV157348Migrated Record:
SDV157349Migrated Record:
SDV23814Migrated Record: WALL.
SDV24Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV6587 - Archaeological Assessment of Land between Bolt Heat and Bolt Tail

Date Last Edited:Apr 14 2014 12:21PM

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