Post medieval inclosure allotment, N side of Holdstone Down, West Exmoor Coast

Record ID:  100167 / MNA107753
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  West Exmoor Coast; South West
Civil Parish:  Combe Martin; North Devon; Devon
Grid Reference:  SS 6209 4789
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Summary

A sub-divided enclosure with a substantial building platform corresponds with one of the 1870s inclosure allotments.

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Most Recent Monitoring

None Recorded

Monument Types

  • FIELD SYSTEM (Late 19th C - 1871 AD? to 1889 AD?)

Description

The field system on the north side of Holdstone Down is dated as modern. Visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs. [1]
A large rectangular enclosure is visible on aerial photographs as a series of structures and earthworks resembling a ladder on the northeast side of Holdstone Down. Centred at approximately SS 6199 4778, the enclosure measures some 160 metres long by 20 metres wide, and is aligned northeast to southwest. The interior of the enclosure is divided by numerous low banks and walls, and several of the internal sections of the "ladder" appear to be terraced into the slope. The enclosure is not depicted on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map. [2]

References

  • <1> SZR49036 - National Trust Report: Caroline Thackray. 1984. NT Archaeological Survey, Holdstone Down, Devon.

  • <2>XY SNA69541 - Report: Hegarty, C and Toms, K. 2009. Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme Management and Summary Report. 873224. [Mapped feature: #201095 Inclosure allotment, ]

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MDE9015
  • HER/SMR Reference (External): SS64NW/025
  • National Park
  • Pastscape Reference: 873224

Associated Events

  • ENA489 - Field Survey, NT Archaeological Survey, Holdstone Down, Devon
  • ENA10533 - Heritage Assessment, Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme

Associated Finds

None Recorded

Related Records

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