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HER Number:MDV12708
Name:Enclosure on Roborough Down

Summary

Possible large rectilinear enclosure visible as a cropmark on the aerial photographs / lidar of Robough Down.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 508 692
Map Sheet:SX56NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishBuckland Monachorum
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKLAND MONACHORUM

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of the World War II RAF Harrowbeer airfield, as well as medieval fields and farms, industrial tin working, sections of the Devonport and Plymouth Leats, and part of the Plymouth and Dartmoor Tramway on Roborough Down

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX56NW31
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 439091
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/58

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ENCLOSURE (Unknown date)

Full description

PRESUMABLY ACTUALLY A VEGETATION MARK - FMG, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV229438.

(presumably actually a vegetation mark - fmg).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV229440.

Osa=sx56nw31. Cropmark of large rectilinear enclosure visible on ap (osa).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV229442.

Aph=raf 106g uk 1190/3204-3205(27/2/1946).

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2350-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Cropmark of large rectilinear enclosure at SX 508692.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

The enclosure is visible within a field system on Roborough Down.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2350-1.
SDV229438Migrated Record: PRESUMABLY ACTUALLY A VEGETATION MARK - FMG.
SDV229440Migrated Record:
SDV229442Aerial Photograph:
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.

Associated Monuments

MDV63822Related to: Bank (Monument)
MDV62875Related to: Buckland Monachorum Medieval Site (Monument)
MDV62874Related to: Hollow way on Roborough Down (Monument)
MDV63825Related to: Hollow way on Roborough Down (Monument)
MDV63826Related to: Trial pits on Roborough Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 18 2023 10:47AM

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