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Berry Pomeroy Deerpark Wall Evaluation trench inside wall section 1.21 |
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Stewart Brown Associates unpublished report series
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Publication Type: |
Report (in Series)
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Abstract: |
An evaluation trench opened against the inside of the deerpark wall showed that the wall was built directly on the ground and has no foundations. There was no large ditch along its inside as sometimes found next to deerpark walls elsewhere, including along another section of the Berry Pomeroy deerpark wall's circuit where earthwork remains survive. A small drainage ditch of about the same date and running parallel with the wall was found 3m inside it. The ditch however measured only 1m wide and 0.5m deep and would not have been large enough to have formed part of a barrier preventing deer from escaping the park. The wall overlies a soil deposit which may be an ancient buried ploughsoil. |
Author: |
Stewart Brown
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Publisher: |
Stewart Brown Associates
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Other Person/Org: |
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication: |
2015
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Locations: |
County: |
Devon |
Parish: |
BERRY POMEROY |
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South Hams |
Country: |
England |
Site: |
Berry Pomeroy Deerpark |
Grid Reference: 282570, 61948 (Easting, Northing)
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Subjects / Periods: |
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TRIAL TRENCH
(Event)
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NONE
(Historic England Periods)
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DEERPARK WALL
(Monus)
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NONE
(Find)
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MEDIEVAL
(Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: |
stewartb1-397021 |
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Note: |
A4 in blue plastic cover.
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Created Date: |
22 Oct 2020 |