MSO11208 - Post-medieval charcoal burners hut and platform within Mounsey Castle (Monument)
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
Protected Status
Full Description
Small rectangular structure with evidence of a chimney. May be a charcoal burners hut. In scheduled area (see MSO9316). [1] The remains of a stone building with adjacent platform behind the southern rampart. This is probably a charcoal burner's shelter: there are several other well preserved charcoal burning platforms in the woods below. The building is recorded in a ruinous state state in 1890 by Page in An Exploration of Exmoor: "the ruins of a small rectangular building about six feet square covered with moss, and beautified by fern." [2] In private ownership. [3]
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SSO1683 Map: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1965. SS82NE. 2.
- <2> SEM6895 Report: Riley, H.. 1999. Mounsey Castle and Brewer's Castle: Two Iron Age Enclosures in the Barle Valley, Somerset.
- <3> SSO1 Unpublished document: Somerset County Council. Various. Somerset HER parish files - Exmoor records. PRN 90138.
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Other Statuses/References
- Local List Status (Unassessed)
- National Park: Exmoor National Park
- Somerset SMR PRN: 33539
Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 8859 2949 (39m by 39m) |
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Map sheet | SS82NE |
Civil Parish | DULVERTON, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET |
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Record last edited
Mar 16 2020 2:43PM
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