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| HER Number: | MDV8210 |
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| Name: | Alleged enclosure, Ashburton Down |
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Summary
Remains of two enclosures alleged by Amery (1873) on Ashburton Down. Not located.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 769 725 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77SE15
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445224
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/31
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX77SE15
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE? (Iron Age - 700 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV306650.
Des=adas record sheet/in smr. Vis=2/3/1995 (adas) no sign of enclosure. Possibly ridge + furrow observed at ngr sx769-726- (adas).
Amery, P. F. S., 1873, Some Hitherto Unrecorded Hillfortresses near Ashburton, 261 (Article in Serial). SDV164509.
Remains of earthwork on Ashburton Down. On exposed heath known as Ashburton and Storms Down but formerly Eastdown existed within memory of present (1870) generation two enclosures each formed by a ditch one seems to have surrounded the western crest of the hill.
Victoria County History, 1906, The Victoria History of the County of Devon, 602 (Article in Serial). SDV238214.
Class C earthwork - simple defensive enclosure. The scant remains of an agger and ditch behind Alston Plantation, Ashburton.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX77SE15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV306649.
(19/07/1951) The plantation has been cut down and whole area covered with bracken and heather and if remains are slight they may be hidden during summer months for no trace visible. OS give site at SX 767725.
Ordnance Survey, 1963-1996, 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric (Cartographic). SDV350058.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on RAF photos.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 23/06/2022 (Website). SDV364039.
Amery's map which marks this earthwork as SX 773723 seems to be wrongly plotted although based on the first edition OS one-inch map. The western of the two crests of Ashburton Down, on OS 6" 1963, lies at SX 76707258 (unattributed source note).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV164509 | Article in Serial: Amery, P. F. S.. 1873. Some Hitherto Unrecorded Hillfortresses near Ashburton. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 6. Digital. 261. |
| 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. 602. |
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| SDV306649 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951. SX77SE15. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV306650 | Migrated Record: |
| 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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| SDV350058 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1963-1996. 1963-1996 National Grid OS Metric. Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 23/06/2022. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8212 | Related to: Alleged enclosure, Storms Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 23 2022 2:43PM |
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