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Bovey Potteries

England
List entry 1002638
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002638
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 81545 77199
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bovey Potteries is a pottery manufacturing site located near Bovey Tracey in Devon, dating to the medieval and early modern periods. The site represents evidence of ceramic production that served local and regional markets, with archaeological remains including kiln structures and pottery debris characteristic of medieval and post-medieval pottery working. The location on the eastern edge of Dartmoor reflects the historical distribution of pottery production across Devon, where suitable clay deposits and access to fuel supported craft industries. The surviving archaeological features and surface scatters provide important material evidence for understanding ceramic manufacturing techniques and domestic pottery supply in the southwest of England during these periods.

Bovey Potteries is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002638. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Bovey Potteries?

Bovey Potteries is a pottery manufacturing site located near Bovey Tracey in Devon, dating to the medieval and early modern periods. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002638.

Who is responsible for protecting Bovey Potteries?

Bovey Potteries is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002638.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bovey Potteries?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork (possibly civil war) on Bovey Heath (0.9 km), Cairn 240m north of Crownley Parks (4.8 km), Hut circles E of the Saddle Tor (6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earthwork (possibly civil war) on Bovey Heath
0.9 km
Cairn 240m north of Crownley Parks
4.8 km
Hut circles E of the Saddle Tor
6 km
Castle Dyke
6.1 km
Huts and fields NE of Rippon Tor
6.5 km
Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
6.7 km
Berry's Wood earthwork
6.9 km
Denbury camp
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bovey Potteries

Bovey Potteries stands on Eocene To Miocene Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Miocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Bovey Potteries

ExeterRoman town · ~11.5 miles
Domesday entry for Bovey, Devon →
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