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Summary

Broadly oval enclosure, 58 by 48 metres diameter. Part of the south-west perimeter is represented by a stony scarp 0.5 metres high, elsewhere it comprises a stone spread of similar height upon which is a modern field wall.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002494: Routrundle Pound

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Late Medieval - 2200 BC? to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 02/07/1964, F62/58/6399, F6258/6399 044-45 (Aerial Photograph). SDV272301.

Ministry of Works, 03/02/1953, Routrundle Pound, DV325 (Schedule Document). SDV356122.

A single hut, 25ft in internal diameter, built of large orthostats, set in the centre of a circular enclosure, measuring 150ft diameter. The Pound walls are 5-6 feet thick, the hut walls 3-4 feet: entrance to hut from south-west: to Pound from north-west but obscured by later field walls. The Pound is on a gentle hill-slope and levelled a little into hillside. Condition very good: the pound wall has a modern field wall on top of it on the upper (east) side.

Griffith, F. M., 16/12/1988, DAP/JZ, 5-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV241570.

National Monument Record, 18/04/1976, SX5571, SX5571/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV272302.

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

Enclosure depicted with hut circle marked in antique writing in the centre.

Worth, R. H., 1943, The Prehistoric Pounds of Dartmoor, 282, Fig. 14 (Article in Serial). SDV320337.

Worth, R. H., 1947, Prehistoric Tavistock, 128 (Article in Serial). SDV341113.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Enclosure clearly visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Enclosure depicted with hut circle in centre.

English Heritage, 2013, Pastscape, 440178 (Website). SDV352645.

Site visit 26th June 1980. The enclosure, 0.25 hectares, has diameters of 58 metres north-west -south-east and 48 metres north-east - south-west. For 50 metres on the south-west side the perimeter is represented by grass covered stony scarp 0.5 metres high; elsewhere it is a 2 metres wide spread of stones of similar height, upon which a strong modern field wall has been constructed (citing Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division). NMR No. SX57SE52. Record last updated: N/A.

Watts, S., 23/12/2013, Routrundle Pounds (Personal Comment). SDV355385.

Both north and south pounds are similar in size and shape to Cornish rounds which are Iron Age/Romano British in date.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, Unknown, SX57SE52 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272298.

Site visit 28th August 1950. Hut double walled type, 10.5 metres diameter, wall width 1.5 metres, height 0.75-1.0 metres, well preserved composed of granite stones and slabs of moorland granite. Entrance on south-south-west side. Condition excellent. Hut is within enclosure whose walls composed of large granite blocks. Part of wall forms footing of a relatively modern wall. Enclosure called Routrundle North Pound. Enclosure wall 2.0 metres high, 0.5 metres high. Distance to the south pound is circa 120 metres. Bronze age.

Sources / Further Reading

• Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1947. Prehistoric Tavistock. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 79. A5 Hardback. 128.
• Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1943. The Prehistoric Pounds of Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 75. A5 Hardback. 282, Fig. 14.
• Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 16/12/1988. DAP/JZ. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 5-6.
• Website: English Heritage. 2013. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk. Website. 440178.
• Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
• Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #65120 ]
• Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. Unknown. SX57SE52. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
• Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 02/07/1964. F62/58/6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. F6258/6399 044-45.
• Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 18/04/1976. SX5571. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. SX5571/1.
• Personal Comment: Watts, S.. 23/12/2013. Routrundle Pounds.
• Schedule Document: Ministry of Works. 03/02/1953. Routrundle Pound. The Schedule of Monuments. Foolscap. DV325.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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