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Summary

Oval enclosure west of the Clay Works is visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013, defined by curvilinear stony earthwork banks on the lower south-west facing slopes of Penn Moor, Cornwood. The enclosure might be associated with a hut circle settlement and field boundaries to the south-west and south-east.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Prehistoric enclosure north west of Cholwich Town Waste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE111
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439420
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/270

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• OVAL ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, Devon County Council RAF/CPE/UK/1890 2292-2293 10-DEC-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Curvilinear banks are visible as stony earthworks.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1977, NMR 1130, NMR 1130/375 18-MAY-1977 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363090.

Curvilinear banks are visible as stony earthworks.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX56SE111 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV175932.

(17/04/1979) On a south-west-facing slope at SX 59086236 is a prehistoric type enclosure, oval on plan and measuring approximately 60.0m. by 30.0m. On the west side the enclosure is completed by a natural scarp and scattered rocks; elsewhere the wall is approximately 1.5m. wide and up to 0.5m. high with double facing and infill on the south east and single slabs and stones on the south west.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on P.F.D.

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

Enclosure shown.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 175-6, Map 52, Figure 52.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

'Oval enclosure' at the 'Parkland enclosures' with a double slabbed wall on the upper side.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5962 01-JUN-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Curvilinear banks are visible as stony earthworks.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: South Devon to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5962 Tellus DTM 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV361514.

Curvilinear banks are visible as stony earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

An oval enclosure is schematically depicted.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

Curvilinear stony earthwork banks less than 2m wide are visible on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards and visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013, defining an oval enclosure 75m long, north to south, and 37m wide, west to east. The banks defining the western edge are less regular in form than those on the east, and the western edge of the enclosure might have been defined in part by a natural scarp.
The enclosure might be associated with a hut circle settlement to the south-west and field boundaries to the south-west and south-east.
A more regularly oval enclosure is schematically depicted in this general location on the current Ordnance Survey Mastermap, but on a more pronounced north-west to south-east alignment.
It may be the same enclosure as recorded as MDV79186.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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