Source/Archive record SEM8599 - The archaeology of the 19th Century designed landscape at Ashley Combe and Culbone Church, Exmoor National Park: Project Report
Type | Report |
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Title | The archaeology of the 19th Century designed landscape at Ashley Combe and Culbone Church, Exmoor National Park: Project Report |
Author/Originator | Riley, H. |
Date/Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Hazel Riley |
Hazel Riley report | |
ENPA project name | Woodland |
Digital Object Identifier | 10.5284/1082831 |
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Abstract/Summary
A programme of archaeological recording and survey in part of the Culbone Woodlands Estate, between Ashley Combe and Culbone in Exmoor National Park, investigated aspects of the 19th Century designed landscape associated with the (now demolished) house at Ashley Combe, built by the King family in 1799 and extended in the early 19th Century. The survey has suggested that a large enclosure to the west of Ashley Combe may be an arboretum and is one of the earliest features of this designed landscape. A network of drives and paths, articulated via a series of tunnels which linked the woodlands with the house, characterised by drystone retaining walls and the presence of viewpoints, was also investigated.
External Links (1)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1082831 (Available via the Archaeology Data Service website)
Referenced Monuments (17)
- MEM15533 19th Century pinetum and arboretum at Yearnor Wood (Monument)
- MEM24551 19th Century quarry in Yearnor Pinetum (Monument)
- MEM24552 19th Century viewpoint in Yearnor Woods (Monument)
- MEM24553 19th Century viewpoint in Yearnor Woods (Monument)
- MSO7970 Ashley Combe House, Porlock (Monument)
- MEM15569 Possible post-medieval structural remains in Yearnor Wood (Monument)
- MEM24554 Post-medieval drive in Yearnor Wood (Monument)
- MEM24555 Post-medieval drive in Yearnor Wood (Monument)
- MEM24556 Post-medieval drive in Yearnor Wood (Monument)
- MEM24557 Post-medieval drive in Yearnor Wood (Monument)
- MSO7973 Post-medieval landscape gardens at Ashley Combe (Monument)
- MEM24562 Post-medieval quarry at Yearnor Wood (Monument)
- MEM24558 Post-medieval tunnel northwest of Ashley Combe (Building)
- MEM24559 Post-medieval tunnel northwest of Ashley Combe (Building)
- MEM24560 Post-medieval tunnel northwest of Ashley Combe (Building)
- MEM24561 Post-medieval tunnel northwest to Ashley Combe (Building)
- MEM15567 Two 19th Century mounds in Yeanor Wood (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- EEM14755 2017-8: TS - Ashley Combe and Culbone Church
Record last edited
Feb 14 2022 2:08PM