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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

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008644: Enclosure 560m south east of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement

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

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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