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| HER Number: | MDV8103 |
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| Name: | Alleged stone aignment, Becky Falls |
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Summary
Site of alleged stone row and cairn recorded in 1860. Unconfirmed site; no sign was found by the Ordnance Survey.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 759 798 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77NE1
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 444978
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NE/53
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) STONE ALIGNMENT? (Unknown date)
Full description
Shortt, W. T. P., 1841, Collectanea Curiosa Antiqua Dumnonia, Exeter, 149 (Monograph). SDV310391.
"Leaving Becky Fall, and proceeding up the hillside, to the south-west, we shall notice a dilapidated cairn, with a trackway, bearing in some places the appearance of an imperfect avenue or parallelithon, coming upwards north-east from the valley, and ending, after a course which can be traced for 240 yards, in the cairn above".
Worth, R. N., 1882, 4th Report of the Barrow Committee, 154 (Article in Serial). SDV295057.
Shortt (1860) is quoted in TDA article.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card, 1960, SX77NW1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV314819.
(04/05/1960) No trace of cairn or stone row found. The steep slopes are strewn with many large boulders but there is no significant pattern (os).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on 1946 Royal Air Force aerial photographs.
Quinnell, N. V., 1995, Notes in Sites and Monument Record: stone rows (Personal Comment). SDV138550.
(22/03/1995) Doubtful alignment.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV138550 | Personal Comment: Quinnell, N. V.. 1995. Notes in Sites and Monument Record: stone rows. Unknown. |
| SDV295057 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. N.. 1882. 4th Report of the Barrow Committee. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 14. Digital. 154. |
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| SDV310391 | Monograph: Shortt, W. T. P.. 1841. Collectanea Curiosa Antiqua Dumnonia, Exeter. Collectanea Curiosa Antiqua Dumnonia, Exeter. Unknown. 149. [Mapped feature: #49011 NB: Unconfirmed site, ] |
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| SDV314819 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. 1960. SX77NW1. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| 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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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 23 2022 12:23PM |
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