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HER Number:MDV26777
Name:Field system on Burnicombe Down, Bridford

Summary

Field system, mapped by Ordnance Survey at 1:10560 (revised 1959), visible on RAF 1948 aerial photographs of Burnicombe Down.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 803 870
Map Sheet:SX88NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishBridford
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishBRIDFORD

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Remains of field boundaries and a possible prehistoric oval-shaped enclosure on Burnicombe Down identified from aerial photographs

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX88NW/93
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Late Neolithic to Late Medieval - 3000 BC to 1539 AD)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV290590.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/2491 4281(11/3/1948).

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

Field system, mapped by Ordnance Survey at 1:10560 (revised 1959), visible on RAF 1948 aerial photographs of Burnicombe Down.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV290590Aerial Photograph:
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

MDV26778Related to: Cairn on Burnicombe Down, Bridford (Monument)
MDV26776Related to: Oval enclosure on Burnicombe Down, Bridford (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 25 2023 10:24AM