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| HER Number: | MDV135524 |
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| Name: | Possible execution site, Forches, Barnstaple |
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Summary
A block of eight fields called 'Forches'. May represent a former execution site.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 568 329 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS53SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Barnstaple |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BARNSTAPLE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXECUTION SITE? (Saxon - 701 AD (Between) to 1065 AD (Between))
- GIBBET? (Saxon - 701 AD (Between) to 1065 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Fields shown.
Clarke, W., 2020, Anglo-Saxon Barnstaple and Pilton: New Perspectives on Old Settlements, 82-86; Fig 11 (Article in Serial). SDV366291.
Aside from two isolated plots, the Tithe Map shows a block of eight fields all called ‘Forches’, about 1200m from the Norman South Gate of Barnstaple. The word probably derives from the Frech ‘fourches patibulaires’, and refers to the gibbet.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. [Mapped feature: #143602 ] |
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| SDV366291 | Article in Serial: Clarke, W.. 2020. Anglo-Saxon Barnstaple and Pilton: New Perspectives on Old Settlements. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 152. Paperback Volume. 82-86; Fig 11. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 10 2025 11:15AM |
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