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| HER Number: | MDV103646 |
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| Name: | Possible enclosure within field system on Hamel Down |
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Summary
Enclosure within field system on Hamel Down. Apparently previously unrecorded.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 714 792 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of Bronze Age landscape comprising hut circles and cairns, the South Hameldon Reave and an extensive prehistoric field system with enclosures on Hamel Down
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, Map 20 (Monograph). SDV299725.
Butler depicts this feature but does not discuss it.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
This feature can be traced quite clearly on the aerial photography and appears to be related to the field system.
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. Map 20. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #63151 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV26970 | Related to: Enclosure within field system on Hamel Down (Monument) |
| MDV26969 | Related to: Field system west of the East Webburn River (Monument) |
| MDV15084 | Related to: South Hameldon Reave (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 25 2016 2:57PM |
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