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HER Number:MDV8819
Name:Natsworthy deserted site, Berry Pound

Summary

A deserted medieval site uncertainly known as 'natsworthy, berry pound', consisting of one building and enclosures.(linehan, med. Arch). Nothing visible on aps.(os).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 714 804
Map Sheet:SX78SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishManaton
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX78SW59
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 445699
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78SW/87

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • DESERTED SETTLEMENT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV148.

A deserted medieval site uncertainly known as 'natsworthy, berry pound', consisting of one building and enclosures.(linehan, med. Arch). Nothing visible on aps.(os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV279867.

Osa=sx78sw59.

Royal Air Force, 1961, RAF/58/4424, F43 0114 (Aerial Photograph). SDV288116.

Royal Air Force, 1964, F63/58/6399, 016-017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV229824.

Nothing visible which indicated a deserted Medieval site

Linehan, C. D., 1966, Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon, 124-5, table 2 (Article in Serial). SDV307246.

A deserted Medieval site at SX 714804, uncertainly known as "Natsworth, Berry Pound", consists of one building and enclosure.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89/160, 183 (Aerial Photograph). SDV301494.

No building can be seen on the aerial photographs but two blocks of rig and furrow are visible. One centred at SX71388030 is about 250m east-west by 150m north-south. and crosses Berry Pound (SX78SW14). The other at SX71668040, east of this site, is a block about 120m square.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV148Migrated Record:
SDV229824Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1964. F63/58/6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 016-017.
SDV279867Migrated Record:
SDV288116Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1961. RAF/58/4424. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. F43 0114.
SDV301494Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89/160. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 183.
SDV307246Article in Serial: Linehan, C. D.. 1966. Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon. Medieval Archaeology. 10. Digital. 124-5, table 2.

Associated Monuments

MDV8754Related to: Berry Pound on Hamel Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 18 2021 11:42AM