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HER Number: | MDV12423 |
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Name: | Enclosure divided by a leat in unenclosed hut circle settlement west of Ford Brook, Cornwood |
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Summary
The remains of this possible enclosure, which is incomplete, lie on a moderate, well drained, clitter strewn, east facing slope. Two arcs of double-faced walling survive 1.5m wide, 0.4m high and in very poor condition. There is no indication of hut circles or cultivation nearby. Found during field investigation.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 603 625 |
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Map Sheet: | SX66SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Cornwood |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWOOD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SW78
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442400
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/133
- Old SAM Ref: 24094
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1976, SX6662, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV151002.
Photograph taken on 12th April 1969.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SW78 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV175490.
(19/08/1977) SX 60386258 The remains of this possible enclosure, which is incomplete, lie on a moderate, well drained, clitter strewn, east facing slope at 350m above OD. Two arcs of double-faced walling survive 1.5m wide, 0.4m high and in very poor condition. There is no indication of hut circles or cultivation nearby. Found during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Fragments of enclosure visible containing one hut circle on the 1969 aerial photograph. The enclosure has been damaged by the construction of a medieval or post medieval leat.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(06/05/1993) Enclosure is situated forming part of a settlement including at least 13 stone hut circles and 3 enclosures. Interior measures 55m east-west by 24m ns and is defined by a partly faced 2.5m wide and 0.6m high rubble wall. Substantial breaks in n + s lengths of the boundary wall may be the result of limited robbing though significant parts of these lengths of walling probably still survive as buried features.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 181-2, Map 52, Figure 52.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Enclosure 'B' at Ford Brook Upper settlement. A leat crosses the enclosure which is now in two sections but its construction would hardly have caused the loss of at least half the boundary so it may never have been completed.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
West and east sides visible on aerial photograph.
Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.
East and west curving sides of enclosure shown on modern mapping.
Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1008644 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.
This monument includes an enclosure situated on a south east facing slope overlooking the valley of Ford Brook and forms part of a settlement including at least 13 stone hut circles and three enclosures. The interior of the enclosure measures 55 metres east to west by 24 metres north to south and is defined by a partly faced 2.5 metres wide and 0.6 metres high rubble wall. Substantial breaks in the northern and southern lengths of the boundary wall may be the result of limited robbing though significant parts of these lengths of walling may still survive as buried features. This enclosure lies on the south western edge of the settlement and has been cut through by a post-medieval leat which leads from SX 60486289 to the Whitehill Yeo China Clay Works. The leat channel lying within the monument measures 2 metres wide and 0.8 metres deep and the associated bank of material upcast during the cutting of the leat survives as a 1.9 metres wide and 0.5 metres high bank on the downslope side of the channel.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 181-2, Map 52, Figure 52.7. |
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SDV151002 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. SX6662. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3. |
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SDV175490 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66SW78. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. |
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SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #132521 ] |
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SDV364015 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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SDV364016 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1008644. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV4362 | Part of: Unenclosed hut circle settlement west of Ford Brook, Cornwood (Monument) |
MDV4281 | Related to: Enclosure west of Ford Brook and 740 metres south-east of Penn Beacon, Cornwood (Monument) |
MDV27921 | Related to: Enclosure west of Ford Brook, Cornwood (Monument) |
MDV131201 | Related to: Hut circle within enclosure west of Ford Brook, Cornwood (Monument) |
MDV131202 | Related to: Hut circle within enclosure west of Ford Brook, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Jan 25 2022 10:01AM |
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