Openwork, West of Great Hangman, West Challacombe Farm, Combe Martin, West Exmoor Coast

Record ID:  100661 / MNA148424
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  West Exmoor Coast; South West
Civil Parish:  Combe Martin; North Devon; Devon
Grid Reference:  SS 59300 48129
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Summary

Large cutting aligned E-W. About 100m long, 10m wide and 2.5m deep.

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Most Recent Monitoring

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Monument Types

  • OPEN CAST MINE (Undated)

Description

Large cutting aligned E-W. About 100m long, 10m wide and 2.5m deep. W end is cut by the later C19 boundary wall, separating the Little and Great Hangman estates. There is a spoilheap adjacent to the W end of the workings. The feature is heavily overgrown with gorse and scrub.

References:
County SMR No: SS54NE-040
1889 and 1904 OS 1:2500 maps

References

  • --- SNA62241 - Document: Nick Berry. 2002. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of West Challacombe Farm, Combe Martin, Devon.

  • --- SZB52483 - National Trust Report: Dr Nick Berry. Archaeological & Landscape Survey of West Challacombe Farm, Combe Martin, Devon.

  • --- SZR49084 - National Trust Report: Caroline Thackray. 1984. NT Archaeological Survey, Great and Little Hangman, Devon..

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  • HER/SMR Reference (External): SS54NE/040
  • National Park

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