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| HER Number: | MDV8031 |
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| Name: | Remains of one of two entrenchments on Leusdon Common |
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Summary
Curving earthwork visible on 1940s aerial photographs. Recorded in 1960 by the Ordnance Survey as a field bank (not thought to be particularly old). Still shown on some large scale versions of the Ordnance Survey mapping but the aerial photographs suggest this feature was ploughed out by the end of the 1970s.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 703 730 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77SW24
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445310
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/58
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX77SW24
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EARTHWORK (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD? (Between) to 1880 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.
Snap, field no 1760, arable land.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Both earthworks are shown but not named on O.S. 6" 1906. The former extending from SX 7030 7303 to SX 7034 7298 and the latter from SX 7032 7256 to SX 7038 7260.
Victoria County History, 1906, The Victoria History of the County of Devon, 612, 613 (Article in Serial). SDV238214.
Remains of two entrenchments on Luesdon Common.
One, near Lower Uppacott, is a slightly curved agger, 300 ft. long, extending from the north-west to the south-east.
The other, southeast of Lower Uppacott, is an agger forming the northern angle of an enclosure.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Curving earthwork visible on the aerial photograph. Shadow suggests a reasonably substantial bank.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1960, SX77SW24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV301872.
(18/05/1960) Remains of one of two entrenchments on Leusdon Common.
These earthworks are disused and tumbled field banks augmented by cleared field stones and are not antiquities.
Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, Vol IV, 827, 15/6/1979 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.
Grass, with some blackthorn waste on the edges of the south tongue. No trace of the earthwork marked on the Ordnance Survey map.
National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1459, 020 (Aerial Photograph). SDV291903.
Not visible.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible and recorded on 1946 aerial photograph but it appears to have been destroyed by ploughing at some point between 1946 and 1979; not visible on the 1979 image.
Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.
Vaugue curve of the earthwork still just about visible on the aerial photography.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). [Mapped feature: #107112 ] |
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| SDV238214 | Article in Serial: Victoria County History. 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Devon. Victoria History of the County of Devon. 1. Unknown. 612, 613. |
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| SDV291903 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1459. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 020. |
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| SDV301872 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1960. SX77SW24. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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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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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV337078 | Report - Survey: Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H.. 1979. An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. Vols I - V. A4 Comb Bound. Vol IV, 827, 15/6/1979. |
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| SDV345590 | Aerial Photograph: Cartographic Engineering. 2006. Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital). Digital. |
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| SDV349431 | Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV7976 | Related to: Earthwork in field south-east of Uppacott (Monument) |
| MDV114060 | Related to: Field boundary on Leusdon Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 24 2022 9:52AM |
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