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HER Number: | MDV60805 |
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Name: | Enclosure at Birch Hill Wood, Buckland Filleigh |
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Summary
A circular hillside enclosure above the Mussel Brook, now part of Birch Hill Wood. There are a number of Hembury place names in the immediate vicinity; the name meaning 'high stronghold'.
Location
Grid Reference: | SS 478 089 |
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Map Sheet: | SS40NE |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Buckland Filleigh |
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District | Torridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND FILLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SS40NE/74
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Recorded as part of Hembury Down Plantation on the Buckland Filleigh Tithe Apportionment (Plot 256).
Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.
The name Hembury means high stronghold.
Goodyear, R.I. (AFU), 1990, Placename and possible earthworks (Worksheet). SDV21538.
A circular area of woodland named as Birch Hill Wood. There are no earthworks recorded as such but it lies in the centre of an area with a number of Hembury placenames, the name meaning 'at the high stronghold' (citing Gover et al 1931).
Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV365447.
The bank and ditch around the circular enclosure show very well on LiDAR data
Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.
Circular enclosure forming much of Birch Hill Wood.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV1312 | Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback. |
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SDV21538 | Worksheet: Goodyear, R.I. (AFU). 1990. Placename and possible earthworks. Worksheet + Digital. |
SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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SDV365447 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2022. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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SDV365834 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142484 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV15905 | Related to: Embury, Buckland Filleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Jul 24 2024 6:21PM |
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