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Summary

'Mill Close' occurs on the glebe land just west of the village; no trace found in 1970s of any mill site in or near field, though there are one or two small mounds along the stream flowing down the south boundary.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of extensive abandoned Medieval field system with well-preserved ridge and furrow on southern Hamel Down and extending to meet Prehistoric parallel reave system with hut circles on Dunstone Down

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/310
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/55
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• MILL? (XVIII to XIX - 1799 AD? (Between) to 1849 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV292972.

Des=tithe map(1843).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV292973.

Dcra widecombe survey/(1979)/vol ii 309.

DCRA, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV293031.

Field no 633, mill close, arable land (tithe map). Vis=30/8/1979 (dcra). Grass. No trace of any mill site in or near field, though there are one or two small mounds along the stream flowing down the south boundary (dcra).

French, H., 1963, Field Names in Widecombe in the Moor, 160 (Article in Serial). SDV340274.

'Mill Close' occurs on the glebe land just west of the village.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey

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