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Summary

Enclosure of 46 metres by 35 metres with walls 1.7 metres wide by 0.5 metres high on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1018916: Coaxial field system, associated and later remains at Throwleigh Common and Kennon Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/231
• Old SAM Ref: 28694

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149005 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 11th April 1997. Enclosure on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill. Measures 46 etres by 35 metres. Rubble bank wall 1.7 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Irregular, agglomerated. There are three separate walls leading off from this enclosure although none form additional elements. A group of cairns east of the enclosure probably represent initial clearance which was not completed.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 198-199, Map 39, Site 2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Oval enclosure shown to the south-east of Site '2' settlement and to the north-east of Kennon Hill.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1018916 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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