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| HER Number: | MDV7999 |
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| Name: | Site of a chapel at Spitchwick |
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Summary
Site of Mediaeval chapel which had fallen into disuse by the 15th century.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 706 726 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77SW45
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445347
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/206
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/26/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CHAPEL (Early Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1399 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments, No 1875 (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Field No 1875 Great Chapel Park arable land.
Linehan, C. D., 1962, A forgotten Manor in Widecombe-in-the-Moor with Notes on its Geology, Archaeology and Mining by H. French, 479 (Article in Serial). SDV288170.
Chapel at Spitchwick (St. Leonard) which served people at Linchaford and Ponsworthy.
Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H., 1979, An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish, Vol III, 481 (Report - Survey). SDV337078.
(27/06/1979) [From worksheet] Grass. Building with slate roof. Door blocked up. Now used as a barn with hayloft. According to local information there had once been a chapel here but it had fallen into disuse in the 1400s. Mr Hermon French said that the chapel was sited about a third of the way up the wall which joins this field to no 1874. The field has not been ploughed for sometime and traces of the chapel could survive underneath the ground. Plan on worksheet.
[From publication] SX 706726. Great Chapel Park. "The Medieval chapel of St. Leonard used to stand in this field; it fell into disuse in the 15th century. Hemon French says that the chapel was sited about a third of the way up the wall which joins this field to field No.1874. (The SE boundary wall). Bits of ruin were seen by his first wife, but there are no remains visible today".
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV288170 | Article in Serial: Linehan, C. D.. 1962. A forgotten Manor in Widecombe-in-the-Moor with Notes on its Geology, Archaeology and Mining by H. French. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 94. Paperback Volume. 479. |
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| SDV337078 | Report - Survey: Beeson, M. M. R. + Masterman, M. C. H.. 1979. An Archaeological Survey of Enclosed Land in Widecombe-In-The-Moor Parish. Devon Committee for Rescue Archaeology Report. Vols I - V. A4 Comb Bound. Vol III, 481. |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. No 1875. [Mapped feature: #137987 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV29937 | Related to: Spitchwick House, Widecombe (Building) |
| MDV15726 | Related to: Spitchwick Settlement, Widecombe in the Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 4 2022 10:39AM |
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