Square Enclosure, North Hill, Holnicote Estate

Record ID:  115446 / MNA167507
Record type:  Monument
Protected Status: None Recorded
NT Property:  Holnicote Estate; South West
Civil Parish:  Minehead Without; West Somerset; Somerset
Grid Reference:  SS 9389 4805
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Summary

Set on a knoll above and east of Grexy Combe an enclosure was identified from an aerial photograph from 1971. The enclosure is likely to be the banks which are part of the field system recorded as MNA167494.

Identification Images (0)

Most Recent Monitoring

None Recorded

Monument Types

  • SQUARE ENCLOSURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Description

Set on a knoll above and east of Grexy Combe an enclosure was identified from an aerial photograph of 1971. The RCHME Surveyors found field boundaries which seem to result from attempts to enclose the knoll, these may have been misinterpreted. Condition: good. [Likely to be the field boundaries of the field system recorded as MNA167494]. [1]

References

  • <1> SZN48220 - Unpublished document: Isabel Richardson. 2001. Holnicote Estate Archaeological Survey, Somerset.

Designations

None Recorded

Other Statuses and References

  • HER/SMR Reference (External): MSO7647 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

None Recorded