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| HER Number: | MDV12794 |
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| Name: | Enclosure in field 400 metres south-west of Wapsworthy Farm |
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Summary
Prehistoric enclosure with internal hut circles visible in field south-west of Wapsworthy. Faint traces of possible enclosures in nearby fields.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 533 799 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TAVISTOCK |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and stone walling remains of a sub-circular Prehistoric enclosure with at least one internal hut circle in a wider field system south-west of Wapsworthy Farm, Peter Tavy
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW68
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439913
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/85
Monument Type(s) and Dates
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV232002.
Osa=sx57nw68. Vis=19/10/1980 (os) There is no evidence on the ground for anything other than a poorly defined prehistoric field, part of a system covering about 8ha of a N slope.
The system is under pasture and now entirely within modern fields; many boundaries utilizing those of the earlier fields. Thorough clearance has erased any evidence of settlement and while the prehistoric lynchets are up to 0.7m. high the feild banks are spread and denuded to rather vague rises in the ground.
Although the pattern seems to have been that of curvilinear fields it is now too fragmented to form any reliable assessment of their individual areas.
Area delineated on Field Sheet.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV232003.
Aph=f66 58 raf 6399 042-43 2 july 1964. Cropmark of an enclosure at SX 53327994. In the nearby fields are faint traces of other possible enclosures.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on RAF verticals.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Sub-circular enclosure visible within field system south-west of Wapsworthy Farm, Peter Tavy. Southern edge of the enclosure appears to correspond with the modern field boundaries but the aerial photograph indicates that further remains may exist to the south of the enclosure. At least one possible hut circle within the enclosure at SX53327993.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV232002 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV232003 | Aerial Photograph: |
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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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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #80644 ] |
Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 10:49AM |
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