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| HER Number: | MDV103556 |
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| Name: | Enclosure with hut circle 220 metres north of Saddle Tor, Ilsington |
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Summary
Enclosure with hut circle north of Saddle Tor. Located within parallel reave system.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 750 766 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ilsington |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ILSINGTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze age parallel reave system on Haytor Down with a number of hut circle settlements, enclosures and prehistoric cairns, plus 19th century Bagtor Tin Mine
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 21, Map 1 (Monograph). SDV299725.
Emsworthy Rocks south settlement is a small sub-rectangular enclosure only 0.2 hectares in area and unconnected to the parallel reave system. The enclosing bank is up to 0.3 metres high with an overgrown hut circle platform of 5 metres diameter in the corner of the wider end.
Newman, P., 2002, Haytor Down, Ilsington, Devon, Figure 2 (Report - Survey). SDV346395.
Small irregular shaped enclosure with a hut circle in the north-east corner shown as a non-reave Prehistoric settlement on plan.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV345521.
A sub rectangular enclosure located on the gently sloping south-western side of Emsworthy Rocks. The enclosure has an area of approximately 0.3 hectares and is constructed of low, turf-covered stoney banks.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV299725 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. One. Paperback Volume. 21, Map 1. |
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| SDV345521 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #63063 ] |
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| SDV346395 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2002. Haytor Down, Ilsington, Devon. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A1/2/1999. A4 Spiral Bound. Figure 2. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV26958 | Related to: Parallel reave system south of Haytor Rocks (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7021 - Haytor Down: Survey Report (Ref: A1/2/1999)
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 25 2016 2:55PM |
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