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HER Number:MDV126460
Name:Enclosures within reave system on west side of Shapley Common, North Bovey

Summary

Two D-shaped enclosures attached on either side of the Shapley Common parallel reave system with two hut circles in the southern enclosure

Location

Grid Reference:SX 686 820
Map Sheet:SX68SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishNorth Bovey
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishNORTH BOVEY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX 68 SE 299
  • Pastscape: 1329219

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 28, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Pair of enclosures of Homestead '1' to the north of Birch Tor, each of about 0.2 hectares, straddle the contour reave.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping (Aerial Photograph). SDV321648.

Southern enclosure clearly visible on aerial photograph.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Shown on survey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 28, Map 25.
SDV321648Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Millennium Map 1999-2000 Getmapping. Millennium Map. Photograph (Digital).
SDV345521Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #136312 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV64822Related to: Field system around Shapley Tor (Monument)
MDV126461Related to: Two huts within enclosures on the west side of Shapley Common, North Bovey (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

Date Last Edited:Mar 24 2022 10:45AM

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