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Summary

Extensive field sytem with two hut circles to the west-north-west of Lower White Tor

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks of Bronze Age settlement 670 metres west-north-west of Lower White Tor, comprising a number of linked fragmentary enclosures with associated hut circles

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW89
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442760
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/101

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• FIELD BOUNDARY (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Curwen, E. C., 1927, Prehistoric Agriculture in Britain, 281-5 (Article in Serial). SDV173835.

RAF, 1951, 540/483, 4050-4051 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224110.

Photograph taken on 24th April 1951.

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/F64/58/6399, 031-32 (Aerial Photograph). SDV255307.

Cropmarks of enclosures at SX 612794. Traces can be seen of low irregular banks forming at least two enclosures, in the southern of which there appears to be a house platform.

National Monument Record, 1969, SX6179, 1/80-93 (Aerial Photograph). SDV267882.

Photograph taken on 12th April 1969.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX67NW89 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV249032.

(04/10/1978) At SX 612794 on the lower south east slopes of Lough Tor, at 470.0m OD, are the fragmentary remains of prehistoric fields (see plan). The walls are approximately 0.5m in width, rarely more than 0.5m high, and, in parts barely traceable. No associated huts could be found. Two large mounds of stones 6.0 to 7.0m in diameter and 1.0m high, may be clearance heaps. In the centre of the system is a small rectangular feature 3.5m x 2.5m, enclosed by a wall which has one orthostat upstanding. Its purpose is not clear.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD and at 1:2500 for AO Records.

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

Fragmentary enclosure with three possible elements and a possible hut circle attached to the external western wall. A possible building is visible at SX 61187946 on RAF 1951 aerial photograph. The enclosures are visible also on 1969 NMR aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 62, Map 29, Settlement 7 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Settlement '7' sheltered at the bottom of a steep hillside is very overgrown. Most of the uphill walls have disappeared under the turf and only two hut circles, of 2.5 metres and 4.0 metres diameter, remain visible, though almost certainly others hereare hidden from view.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(02/08/1994) Centred SX 61207942. A crude hut platform and several fragmentary plots or enclosures lie on a slight shelf above the right bank of the West Dart River 700m SE of Rough Tor. The structure measures 3.0m N to S by 2.0m internally and is marked be a rough rectangular of earthfast boulders and would appear to be integral with one of the enclosure walls. It has no obvious entrance. A further hut near the N extremity of the site is depicted by Butler (1991, map 29) but there is no ground evidence to confirm its presence.
The enclosure walls and N clearance cairn are as described by Ordnance Survey (1978) but the S cairn, at SX 61187944 would appear to be a natural outcrop.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Field boundaries shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Field System' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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