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Summary

Rectangular enclosure shown on 19th century map within settlement to the south of Leeden Tor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008671: An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, an irregular aggregate field system, a length of reave and an enclosure on the south east slope of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/7/2
• Old SAM Ref: 22265

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Rectangular enclosure shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 23rd April 1993. The western part of the aggregate field system on the south-east slope of Leeden Tor includes at least 8 field plots defined by rubble banks up to 2 metres wide, 0.5 metres high.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-37, Map 45, Figure 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Rectilinear enclosure shown as part of Settlement 'C' at Leeden Tor South.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 440288, SX57SE92 (Website). SDV363416.

Site visited on 25th August 1950. Eclosure 'J'. A low bank with small granite stones, much overgrown and now in an area which is covered with the same material. The course is hard to define. Condition poor.
Field Investigation on 4th August 1980. The walling forms plots of varied plan and size (from 120 square metres
to 1200square metres). In some instances walling continues through the
clitter, in others it ends on dense patches. There seems to have
been no real attempt at clearance

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Enclosure shown as part of the settlement.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1008671 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement comprising 31 stone hut circles in an irregular aggregate field system.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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