marks and traces
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Apotropaic marks (enhanced)
Elmhirst library entrance - stone doorway -
Leaflet (front)
Available to visitors to the MA Arts and Place sharing - 31 May 2022 -
Leaflet (back)
Available to visitors to the MA Arts and Place sharing - 31 May 2022 -
Location of protective marks
Doorway to the Elmhirst Library block -
marks
deliberate and accidental
active and passive
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Apotropaic marks - close up
Doorway - Elmhirst Library -
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Protection mark
Stone pier at entrance to the Great Hall -
Scribed protective circle
Measuring the mark on the door to the Elmhirst Library block -
Graffiti
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Marks found dating from the 16th-19th centuries. Some are believed to be protective in nature, warding the property from evil and danger, others may have been created out of boredom, by accident, or to record a visit by leaving initials and sometimes a date.
For further information on historic protection (apotropaic) marks visit the Raking Light website.
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Probable protection marks
Door to Elmhirst Library -
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Recording the marks
Rebecca Ireland of Raking Light measuring and photographing the marks -
West wing
The west range of the Dartington medieval courtyard precinct - originally a lodgings range.
The doorway seen has multiple visible protection marks -
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Cross passage
Location of numerous protection marks and graffiti from the medieval period and later -
Cross passage graffiti
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Late 14th century buildings
Dartington Hall, courtyard precinct -
Accidental or intentional?
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Marks on an oak coffer
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Ambiguous
Tradition
Obscure -
Graffiti on the windowsill of a Bothy bedroom
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Graffiti from the Temple garden building
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Accidental marks
Floor of Studio 20 -
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Protection
Accidental
Deliberate -
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Studio wall
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Studio table
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Floor of Studio 20
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Floor of Studio 20
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Floor of Studio 20
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Restaurant table
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Restaurant table - accidental marks
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Nature's graffiti
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Scratched
Scribed
Burnt -
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Accidental marks
Scaffolding board used as a cutting surface in the stone carving workshop of Maria Moorhouse -
Accidental marks
Scaffolding board used as a cutting surface in the stone carving workshop of Maria Moorhouse -
Graffiti on table - Old Play House
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Hidden in plain sight
Marking space
Liminality -
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Restaurant table surface
Green Table restaurant -
Accidental marks
Green Table restaurant -
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Social distancing
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Boundary
Intention
Threshold -
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