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HER Number:MDV126630
Name:Enclosures and huts within Enclosure 'A', Erme Pound

Summary

Two small enclosures and possibly three small hut circles within Erme Pound prehistoric settlement eastern Enclosure 'A' (Butler)

Location

Grid Reference:SX 639 656
Map Sheet:SX66NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishHarford
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishHARFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/31

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Feature faintly visible on aerial phtograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 73-74, Map 55 Figure 55.6 (Monograph). SDV337765.

A pair of courts with three very small circles of 1.5 to 2.5 metres diameter against the north-east boundary wall of Enclosure 'A' which has up to eleven courses of layered slabs exposed on the inner face.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Enclosures visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Figure 12 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

Two small enclosures and two small circles shown on plan. A rectangular feature is shown at the northern end of the internal dividing wall.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Eastern of the two enclosures shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 73-74, Map 55 Figure 55.6.
SDV342938Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital).
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #122232 ]
SDV362729Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2019. MasterMap 2019. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV126601Part of: Enclosure 'A', Erme Pound (Monument)
MDV5109Part of: Erme Pound enclosed hut circle settlement, Harford (Monument)
MDV126651Related to: Enclosure with a hut circle in the north-west corner of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV13181Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV5111Related to: Hut circle within Erme Pound settlement eastern Enclosure 'A', Harford (Monument)
MDV126629Related to: Northern hut circle within Erme Pound settlement eastern Enclosure 'A', Harford (Monument)
MDV126632Related to: Series of enclosures and possible hut circles on the south-west side of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV126633Related to: Small D-shaped feature in the centre of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV126654Related to: Small rectangular building on the south side of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV126652Related to: Small rectangular building on the south-west side of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV126650Related to: Two adjoining enclosures with a hut circle on the west side of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV126634Related to: Two irregular shaped adjoining enclosures with enclosed circles on the north-east side of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)
MDV126631Related to: Two small adjoining enclosures on the north side of Enclosure 'B' at Erme Pound, Harford (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

Date Last Edited:Jan 7 2022 3:15PM