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| HER Number: | MDV2387 |
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| Name: | Rowber Beacon, Buckland Monachorum |
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Summary
Rowber Beacon, shown on a map of 1593, stood in the angle of the troads betwen Plymouth to Tavistock, and the left fork towards Buckland, with an earthwork lying in close proximity.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 507 641 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland Monachorum |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND MONACHORUM |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56SW54
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572014
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SW/15
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BEACON (First mentioned, XVI - 1540 AD to 1593 AD (Between))
Full description
Symes Saunders, E. G., 1934, Roborough Earthwork, South Devon, 323 (Article in Serial). SDV236355.
Rowber Beacon. 193m above sea level. The earthworks of Roborough Down camp are in the immediate neighbourhood. Pre-Elizabethan.
Russell, P., 1955, Fire Beacons in Devon, 279 (Article in Serial). SDV336138.
Rowber Beacon, shown on a map of 1593, stood in the angle of the troads betwen Plymouth to Tavistock, and the left fork towards Buckland, with an earthwork lying in close proximity, (SX56SW11).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV236355 | Article in Serial: Symes Saunders, E. G.. 1934. Roborough Earthwork, South Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 66. A5 Comb Bound. 323. |
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| SDV336138 | Article in Serial: Russell, P.. 1955. Fire Beacons in Devon. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 87. A5 Hardback. 279. [Mapped feature: #12587 ] |
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Associated Monuments
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| MDV4816 | Related to: Beacon east of West Mill Tor (Monument) |
| MDV64246 | Related to: BEACON in the Parish of Bridford (Monument) |
| MDV9508 | Related to: BEACON in the Parish of Bridford (Monument) |
| MDV8474 | Related to: BEACON in the Parish of Cheriton Bishop (Monument) |
| MDV13811 | Related to: BEACON in the Parish of Hennock (Monument) |
| MDV6883 | Related to: BEACON in the Parish of South Tawton (Monument) |
| MDV6152 | Related to: Beacon on Meldon Hill (Monument) |
| MDV8442 | Related to: Bowden Beacon; possible site (Monument) |
| MDV7977 | Related to: Buckland Beacon (Monument) |
| MDV13169 | Related to: Butterdon Hill Beacon (Monument) |
| MDV7823 | Related to: Medieval fire beacon, Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
| MDV2388 | Related to: Shaugh Beacon (Monument) |
| MDV7956 | Related to: Site of a Beacon on Brent Hill, South Brent (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 13 2021 1:08PM |
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