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| HER Number: | MDV119029 |
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| Name: | Prehistoric Enclosure and Bank at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy |
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Summary
Prehistoric enclosure with a bank curving west in a field associated with Cadworthy Farm
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 547 644 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVY |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Walling remains of Bronze Age hut circles with associated fragments of enclosure walls and field boundaries north-west of Lower Cadworthy farm
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (LANEBA to Early Iron Age - 2300 BC to 700 BC)
Full description
Berry, N., 2005, Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Lower Cadworthy Farm, Meavy, Devon, Sites 010-011, Site Distribution Map, Site Summary, Site Inventory (Report - Survey). SDV360144.
Prehistoric bank 80 metres long by up to 2 metres wide and up to 1 metre high. The feature is likely to be part of a Prehistoric enclosure. At the eastern end of this bank is a sub-circular enclosure with 50 metres of bank which is 2 metres wide by up to 1.5 metres high. These two Prehistoric features may be contemporary and associated with with the group of hut circles to the north.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Curving linear feature visible on aerial photograph with a sub-circular enclosure at the eastern end.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #78328 ] |
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| SDV360144 | Report - Survey: Berry, N.. 2005. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Lower Cadworthy Farm, Meavy, Devon. National Trust Report. A4 Comb Bound. Sites 010-011, Site Distribution Map, Site Summary, Site Inventory. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV2373 | Related to: Cairn with Cist on Wigford Down, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV40210 | Related to: Circular feature, Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119021 | Related to: Clearance Cairn on in south-west corner of a Field at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119020 | Related to: Clearance Cairn on west side of a Field at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119022 | Related to: Clearance Cairns in western half of a Field at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV19422 | Related to: Corn Ditch to the south of Wigford Down, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119026 | Related to: Former Field Boundaries at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119023 | Related to: Former field boundary at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119042 | Related to: Former Field Boundary at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119044 | Related to: Former Field Boundary at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119047 | Related to: Former Field Boundary at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV119043 | Related to: Holloway to fields at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV2219 | Related to: Parallel reave system on Wigford Down (Monument) |
| MDV119045 | Related to: Two Clearance Cairns at Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7251 - Lower Cadworthy Farm: Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 2 2022 1:15PM |
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