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| HER Number: | MDV8782 |
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| Name: | Blissmoor, Hayne Down |
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Summary
Linehan describes deserted medieval site (1966) of five buildings and enclosures (linehan, med arch).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 735 803 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78SW |
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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: SX78SW52
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445692
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/50
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
- OUTBUILDING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303802.
Osa=sx78sw52. The OS (1977) find no trace of this on air photographs. Site possibly of "blissmoor" (linehan) - present name situated to nw of this ngr, at sx73798063 (os).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303803.
Linehan, c. D. /med. Arch. /10(1966)table 2. Blissmoor, Hayne Down. Linehan describes deserted Medieval site (1966) of five buildings and enclosures (linehan, med arch).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303804.
Linehan, c. D. /tda/97(1965)173. Longhouse with cross passage and upper room, with croft. Four other buildings.(linehan, tda).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV303805.
Aph=raf 58/4424. F43.0110/25 may 1961.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV303806.
Des=haynes, r. G. /ruined sites on dartmoor/(nd)6,plan/ms in smr. Vis=12/5/1967 (haynes). A longhouse, probably cross-passage with croft and small enclosure, with one distant outbuilding. Much turfed over and eroded. Some trace of other outbuildings or walls, too indistinct to plan. Ngr sx737804 given.
Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1932, The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two, 483 (Monograph). SDV337894.
Blissmoor is first mentioned in 1622.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on RAF / NMR photos.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV303802 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV303803 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV303804 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV303805 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV303806 | 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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| SDV337894 | Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1932. The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two. The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two. IX. A5 Hardback. 483. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8816 | Related to: Blissmoor Longhouse and Enclosures (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 10:22AM |
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