MDE21811 - Small building platform above Lyn Wood (Monument)

Summary

A small building platform with a stone retaining wall, c.2 metres high by 10 metres long, is built of stone slabs laid in courses vertically. The building is shown on the 1840 Tithe Map surrounded by an irregular shaped enclosure.

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Type and Period (2)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Remains of a small building platform with a stone retaining wall terraced into the west facing slope above 'Lyn Wood'. The wall, c.2 metres high by 10 metres long, is built of stone slabs laid in courses vertically. The building is shown on the 1840 Tithe Map surrounded by an irregular shaped enclosure, of which a small section of bank and wall remain. [1,2] The building is not shown on either the 1st or 2nd Edition Ordnance Survey maps and was therefore presumably demolished by this point. [3,4]

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Report: Berry, N.. 2003. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of West Lyn Farm, Lynton, Devon. NT ref's 100961 and 100962.
  • <2> Map: 1840. Lynton and Lynmouth Parish Tithe Map and Apportionment.
  • <3> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1868-1901. County Series; 1st Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.
  • <4> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-1907. County Series, 2nd Edition 25 Inch Map. 1:2500.

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Other Statuses/References

  • Devon SMR Monument ID: 66878
  • Devon SMR: SS74NW/25/8
  • Local List Status (Unassessed)
  • National Trust HER Record: MNA148491
  • National Trust HER Record: MNA148492

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SS 7228 4873 (10m by 13m) (Historic mapping)
Map sheet SS74NW
Civil Parish LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON, DEVON

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2016 12:41PM

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