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Quarry and field boundary, Western Brockholes, North Hill, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115517 / MNA167630
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Minehead Without; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 9177 4894
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Summary

Small quarries in the area between Henner’s Combe and Western Brockholes. The small quarries presumably provided the stone for the banks (See

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Monument Types

  • STONE QUARRY (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

small quarries and a field bank in the area between Henner’s Combe and Western Brockholes, the bank may have been part of an effort to enclose the area and add it to West Myne, or to the holding (now part of West Myne) which is included in Selworthy parish.The small quarries presumably provided the stone for the banks. Condition: good. [1]

See record MNA167630 for the wider field system at Western Brockholes.

References

  • SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset. 115517. [Mapped features: #181008 ; #181009 ]

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MSO7677 Exmoor National Park HER
  • National Park (Exmoor)

Associated Events

  • ENA3149 - Field Survey, Archaeological Survey of the Holnicote Estate 2001

Associated Finds

None Recorded

Related Records

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