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HER Number: | MDV54541 |
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Name: | Cornditch on Shovel Down, Gidleigh |
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Summary
A cornditch orientated roughly west to east lies on the moderate east flank of Stonetor Hill. The bank is 1.8 metres wide and a maximum of 0.7 metres high and is flanked on its northern side by a ditch 1 metre wide and 0.3 metres deep. For most of its length NGR SX 6494 8570 to SX 6505 8572 it overlies a prehistoric reave but at the latter point it diverges with the reave carrying on to NGR SX 6508 8572.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 650 857 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE120
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 889399
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/280
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- REAVE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
- CORN DITCH (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Des=rchme/mapping from nmr air photos/(1985)/overlay in smr. The western section is shown on rchme to be an extension of the 'shovel down axial' boundary sx68ne/305 (rchme).
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(15/08/1991) SX 65058572 Cornditch overlying Reave.
SX 64948570 to SX 65088573. A cornditch orientated roughly W to E lies on the moderate E flank of Stonetor Hill. The bank 1.8m wide and a maximum of 0.7m high, is flanked on its N side by a ditch, 1.0m wide and 0.3m deep. For most of its length SX 64948570 to SX 65058572 it overlies a prehistoric reave but at the latter point it diverges with the reave carrying on to SX 65088572.
This feature is probably contemporary with the long N-S boundary (SX 68 NW 25) which itself is of probable late 18th or 19th century date.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. S. Probert. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV54537 | Related to: Field boundary on Shovel Down (Monument) |
MDV68273 | Related to: Reave on Shovel Down, Gidleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8043 - Excavation on Shovel Down and Kes Tor (2003)
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
Date Last Edited: | Mar 21 2022 2:13PM |
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