Source/Archive record SEM8121 - Burcombe and Wester Emmetts, Exmoor: Archaeological Survey
| Type | Report |
|---|---|
| Title | Burcombe and Wester Emmetts, Exmoor: Archaeological Survey |
| Author/Originator | Kirkham, G. and Taylor, S. |
| Date/Year | 2012 |
| Publisher | Cornwall County Council Historic Environment Service (Projects) |
| Cornwall Council report number | 2012R009 |
| ENPA project name | MIRES |
| Child ENPHER Source Record reference | SEM8436 |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.5284/1042875 |
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Abstract/Summary
A walkover survey was carried out on land at Burcombe and Wester Emmetts, Exmoor, in advance of proposed drainage ditch blocking works by the Exmoor Mires Project.
A total of 40 heritage assets were idenitified, the majority of which were associated with historic iron ore expolitation in the area. Other site types located included hollow ways, a variety of mounds and isolated stones Accurate locations were recorded for a small number of previously known sites to enhance the Historic Environment Record.
External Links (1)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1042875 (Report via ADS website)
Referenced Monuments (30)
- MEM23958 Medieval or post-medieval hollow way on Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23961 Medieval to post-medieval hollow way on Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23954 Possible Post-Medieval Drainage Ditch on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23950 Possible post-medieval mining activity on Burcombe (Monument)
- MMO2949 Possible post-medieval prospecting pit on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23942 Possible Post-Medieval Prospecting Pit on the Eastern Edge of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23951 Possible post-medieval trackways on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23956 Possible prehistoric clearance cairn on Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23937 Post-Medieval Bank on the Eastern Edge of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23938 Post-Medieval Bank on the Eastern Edge of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23939 Post-Medieval Bank on the Eastern Edge of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23943 Post-Medieval Drainage Cut on the Eastern Edge of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23953 Post-Medieval Extractive Pit on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23952 Post-medieval extractive pit on the eastern edge of Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23955 Post-medieval extractive pit on the eastern edge of Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23960 Post-Medieval extractive pit on the western side of Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23944 Post-Medieval Linear Mining or Prospecting Openwork on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23936 Post-Medieval Mound on the Eastern Edge of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23946 Post-Medieval Pospecting Work and Spoil Dump on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23940 Post-Medieval prospecting cut on the eastern side of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23941 Post-Medieval Prospecting Cut on the Eastern Side of Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23947 Post-Medieval Prospecting Pit on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23945 Post-Medieval Stone Culvert on Burcombe (Monument)
- MSO10348 Prehistoric standing stone on Horcombe (Monument)
- MSO6804 Roman Lode Ironworkings (Monument)
- MEM23948 Undated Holloway on Burcombe (Monument)
- MEM23957 Undated mound of unknown origin on Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23959 Undated mound on Wester Emmetts (Monument)
- MEM23949 Undated Possible Holloway on Burcombe (Monument)
- MSO7144 Undated standing stone on Horcombe (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- EEM14520 2012: WS - Burcombe and Wester Emmetts, Mires Project
Record last edited
Nov 23 2021 3:20PM