MDE20754 - Lloyd's Signal Station on Butter Hill (Monument)
Summary
Please read the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record caveat document.
Type and Period (1)
Protected Status
Full Description
'Signal Station' marked on the Ordnance Survey 6 inch map of 1903. [1] Small roofless square building on top of Butter Hill. Very good on 1978 aerial photograph. [3] Lloyd's Signal Station. Small stone building, rendered with pebbledash. It has a slate roof, a door to the east and shuttered windows to the northeast and west. It has recently been restored by The National Trust. [4] A small stone building 4 metres by 4 metres on Butter Hill observed during the survey by the National Trust in 2004. The building stands within a small enclosure that includes a telecommunications mast. The building was restored by the National Trust in the 1980s. [5] On the Ordnance Survey 2nd Edition map, adjacent to the station was a flag staff. This is recorded visually with a monument point, alongside the monument polygon for the signal station. [6]
Sources/Archives (6)
- <1> SDE70016 Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1903/1938. 3NW & SW* 6".
- <2> SDE84210 Aerial photograph: Unknown. 1978. MAM/2609.
- <3> SDE60682 Report: McDonnell, R.. 1980. Exmoor Aerial Photograph Survey : Committee for Rescue Archaeology in Avon, Gloucestershire and Somerset Aerial Photograph Survey. Gaz No SS7332A, SS7432A.. GAZ No SS7450B.
- <4> SDE74828 Report: Thackray, D. + Thackray, C.. 1986. Lynmouth: Foreland Point, Countisbury Hill and Watersmeet, Devon. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. Site 100252. 7. P. 14.
- <5> SEM6856 Report: Berry, N.. 2004. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Kipscombe Farm, Countisbury, Devon. National Trust Sites and Monuments Record Number 100270; Site distribution map 3, site 054.
- <6> SEM7190 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. County Series, 2nd Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
External Links (1)
- https://heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRecord.aspx?uid=MNA149670 (National Trust HER entry: MNA149670)
Other Statuses/References
- Devon SMR Monument ID: 18105
- Devon SMR: SS75SW/214
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Trust HER Record: MNA149670
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 7485 5008 (17m by 5m) |
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Map sheet | SS75SW |
Civil Parish | COUNTISBURY, NORTH DEVON, DEVON |
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Record last edited
Aug 17 2020 12:03PM
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