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| HER Number: | MDV8187 |
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| Name: | Creek Beacon, Woodland |
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Summary
Creek beacon, 189m above sea level. A possible reference to creek is crekhulle, 1330, c. F. Cornish cruc=barrow. Elizabethan. Vis=25/5/1960(os) the highest point is a rock outcrop with a shallow quarry pit in the top. The situation is suitable for a beacon, with wide views, but there is no visible evidence of the use. Vis=10/8/1980 (bath). A rocky outcrop, apparently natural. No unnatural features in the vicinity.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 775 701 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Woodland |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WOODLAND |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 445229
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/11
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Untitled Source (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV24.
Creek beacon, 189m above sea level. A possible reference to creek is crekhulle, 1330, c. F. Cornish cruc=barrow. Elizabethan. Vis=25/5/1960(os) the highest point is a rock outcrop with a shallow quarry pit in the top. The situation is suitable for a beacon, with wide views, but there is no visible evidence of the use.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV314630.
Russell, p. /tda/87(1955)286/fire beacons in devon, appendix a.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV314631.
Osa=sx77se18.
Bath, E., 1980, Barrow (?) (Worksheet). SDV314632.
A rocky outcrop, apparently natural. No unnatural features in the vicinity.
Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (Interpretation). SDV361305.
No earthwork or cropmark features that could be identified as a beacon were observed on the available aerial imagery. Rock outcrops are visible as earthworks on both aerial photographs and images derived from lidar data.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV24 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV314630 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV314631 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV314632 | Worksheet: Bath, E.. 1980. Barrow (?). Worksheet + Digital. |
| SDV361305 | Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley. Historic England Research Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 19 2018 10:59AM |
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