HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV25096
Name:DITCH in the Parish of Shaugh Prior

Summary

Ditch running east-west across Hentor Warren visible on aerial images (1946, 1983) at SX 5930 6586.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 593 658
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishShaugh Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSHAUGH PRIOR

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/426

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • DITCH (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV147131.

Aph=nmr sf2134/40(12/4/1983).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4284 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Ditch running east-west across Hentor Warren visible on aerial images (1946, 1983) at SX 5930 6586. Western extremity at SX 5905 6587. Eastern extremity at SX 5951 6592. From this point the ditch makes a 90 degrees turn to the north terminating at SX 5949 6601 on the Shavercombe Brook. Ditch banked on eastern extremities. Part of boundary of Hentor Warren crf: SX56ne/236 or farmland within same crf: SX56NE/385.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV147131Aerial Photograph:
SDV169268Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4284.
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
  • EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

Date Last Edited:Jul 18 2023 4:45PM