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HER Number:MDV26288
Name:Enclosure on Cudlipptown Down

Summary

Partial remains of enclosure within farmland to the north-east of White-Tor, adjoining another enclosure with hut circles on the western side.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 545 791
Map Sheet:SX57NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishPeter Tavy
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishTAVISTOCK

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a bronze age settlement along a reave as well as a medieval field system and two farmsteads and post-medieval or earlier tin streamworking remains and trial pits on Cudlipptown Down

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/134
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV223194.

Aph=nmr sx5479/3/120(20/5/1977).

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Partial remains of enclosure within farmland visible on aerial to the north-east of White Tor. Incomplete on north and west sides. To immediate east of enclosure crf: SX57NW/93 (1977 aerial image).

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 94, Map 31.15 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Butler depicts this enclosure, with adjacent sites.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Enclosure is visible on the aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 94, Map 31.15.
SDV223194Aerial Photograph:
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #85249 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV12801Related to: Adjoining enclosures on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV103571Related to: Field system on north Cudlipptown Down (Monument)
MDV133717Related to: Hut Circle at the junction of two enclosures on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV133715Related to: Hut Circle 'D' within enclosure on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV29954Related to: Reaves on Cudlipptown Down (Monument)
MDV133711Related to: Rectilinear enclosure on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
  • EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
  • EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

Date Last Edited:Jul 24 2023 2:38PM