Site Event/Activity record EEM14151 - 2013: WS - Deer Park, Mires Project

Technique(s)

Organisation

Exmoor National Park Authority

Date

September - October 2012

Description

The archaeological walkover surveys described in this report were undertaken on behalf of the Exmoor Mires Project (EMP) to provide as full a picture of the historic environment on Deer Park, Exmoor as possible, in order to allow effective planning of mitigation measures in advance of mire restoration work. An initial stage of walkover was undertaken by South West Archaeology during May 2012 and identified a total of 227 potential archaeological features. This work is detailed in a report (Walls and Morris, 2012 - SEM8034). In order to ground truth the results of the initial walkover, the EMP Historic Environment Officer undertook follow-up survey on 27th September and 4th October 2012, which also added a further two archaeological features to the total. This report presents the results of this survey and updates the results and conclusions of the initial survey. Also noted were two modern BT manhole covers indicating the presence of buried services.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Report: Bray, L.S.. 2013. Archaeological walkover surveys on Deer Park, Exmoor. Exmoor National Park Authority.
  • <2> Monograph: Bray, L. S.. 2015. The Past and The Peat: Archaeology and peatland restoration on Exmoor. Exmoor National Park Authority. 1st Edition.

Map

Location

Location Deer Park, Exmoor, Somerset
Grid reference Centred SS 7677 3807 (1882m by 1308m)
Map sheet SS73NE
Civil Parish EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

Related Monuments/Buildings (78)

  • 19th Century prospecting feature on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Bank of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Bank of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Bank of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Banks of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Bronze Age burial cairn on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Bronze Age cairn north of Blue Gate Iron Mine (Monument)
  • Depression of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Enclosure of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Halscombe Stone Setting (Monument)
  • Hollow of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Linear depression of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Linear mound of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Mound of unknown date located on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Mound of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Mound of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Mound of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Mound of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible Bronze Age burial cairn on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible buried archaeology on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible hollow way of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible hollow way of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible platform of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible post-medieval field boundaries on Spooners and Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible post-medieval prospecting feature on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible prehistoric standing stone on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Possible quarry of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval causeway on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval ditches on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval hedgebank on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval leat on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval mining waste on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval mound on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval mound on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval mound on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting feature on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pit on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pit on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pit on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pit on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pit on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pit on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pit on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pits on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting pits on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval prospecting trenches on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval quarry on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Post-medieval quarry on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Post-medieval relict hedgebank on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Prehistoric bank on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Prehistoric burial mound on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Prehistoric cairn on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Prehistoric ditch on Halscombe (Monument)
  • Prehistoric enclosure on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Prehistoric or post-medieval depression on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Prehistoric platform on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Prehistoric standing stone on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Probable Bronze Age standing stone on Drybridge Combe (Monument)
  • Two prehistoric platforms on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Undated area of stones on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stone on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stones on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Undated stones on Deer Park (Monument)
  • Undated stones on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stones on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stones on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stones on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stones on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stony area on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated stony area on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Undated surface stone on Deer Park (Non-antiquity)
  • Unlikely bank of unknown date on Deer Park (Monument)

Parent/preceding Site Events/Activities (1)

  • 2012: WS - Deer Park, Mires Project

Child/subsequent Site Events/Activities (1)

  • 2013: TS - Halscombe, Mires Project

Record last edited

Jan 24 2022 5:27PM