MEM22490 - Undated stone on Spooners (Non-antiquity)

Summary

An isolated, upright and earthfast stone of slate and quartz. Its location alongside a drainage ditch, makes a prehistoric origin unlikely, and it is most likely to be part of the spoil excavated from the ditch.

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Type and Period (1)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

The Historic Environment Officer for the Exmoor Mires Project undertook a non intrustive walkover survey of the proposed mire restoration area on Spooners, which included this site. An isolated, upright and earthfast stone was found situated on the upslope side of a drainage ditch. It has a slab like morphology and is composed of slate and quartz, measuring c. 0.7 metres by 0.2 metres by 0.2 metres. Its location, adjacent to a drainage ditch, makes a prehistoric origin unlikely, and it is most likely to be part of the spoil excavated from the ditch. [1]

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Report: Bray, L.S.. 2013. Spooners, Exmoor: Results of Archaeological Walkover Surveys and Post Mire Restoration Monitoring. 6, 19.

External Links (0)

Other Statuses/References

  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • Mires Feature Reference (Monument): ESP13(306)

Map

Location

Grid reference SS 7792 3735 (point) (Surveyed)
Map sheet SS73NE
Civil Parish EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Record last edited

Mar 17 2021 2:33PM

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