HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV76012
Name:Boundary Stone on Crownhill Down

Summary

One of four boundary stones erected on Crownhill Down in 1901 defining land belonging to Hemerdon Manor

Location

Grid Reference:SX 571 593
Map Sheet:SX55NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSparkwell
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishPLYMPTON ST.MARY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: 1363695

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • BOUNDARY STONE (XIX to Edwardian - 1900 AD to 1910 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Stone' shown on early 20th century map on the east side of Crownhill Down at a junction of paths named 'Horniwink'.

National Monuments Record, 2002, 1363695 (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343750.

One of four boundary stones erected by George Woolcombe to define the area of land on Crownhill Down belonging to Hemerdon Manor in 1901. They are dressed granite pillars 0.3 metres square and 0.7 metres high with no inscription.

Fletcher, M., 2002, The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report (Report - Survey). SDV343412.

Other details: Figure 3 and Crownhill Down Survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2009, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV341569.

'Stone' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV325644Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV341569Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2009. MasterMap. MasterMap. Digital.
SDV343412Report - Survey: Fletcher, M.. 2002. The Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Ridding Down: Survey Report. English Heritage Report. AI/31/2002. A4 Stapled + Digital.
SDV343750National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2002. 1363695. National Monuments Record Index. A4 Single Sheet + Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV47985Related to: Boundary Stone on Crownhill Down (Monument)
MDV76010Related to: Boundary Stone on Crownhill Down (Monument)
MDV76011Related to: Boundary Stone on Crownhill Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4559 - Archaeological Landscape of Crownhill Down and Riddding Down

Date Last Edited:Sep 28 2021 7:01AM