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| HER Number: | MDV129297 |
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| Name: | Enclosure 'C' at settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior |
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Summary
This sub circular enclosure, 80m by 85m and 0.5 hectares, is built onto enclosure (B) and has a wall about 2m wide and in poor condition, constructed of large boulders. It contains a freestanding hut circle, internal diameter 8.5m, wall 1.3m wide and in poor condition. There is also the fragmentary remains of a type 1 hut circle, internal diameter 4.5m, built onto the enclosure wall. A ruined yard, about 8m by 13m, is attached to the outside of enclosure B and C.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 676 659 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE16
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/47
- Old SAM County Ref: 282
- Old SAM Ref: 3
- Pastscape: 441396
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, NMR SX6766, 1, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147534.
National Monuments Record, 09/04/1980, NMR SX6765 (Aerial Photograph). SDV146067.
Photograph taken on 9th April 1980
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Enclosure shown on 19th century map with one hut circle.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146060.
(05/07/1977) C: SX 67636598. This sub circular enclosure, 80m by 85m and 0.5 ha, is built onto enclosure (b) and has a wall about 2m wide and in poor condition, constructed of large boulders. It contains a freestanding type II hut circle, internal diameter 8.5m, wall 1.3m wide and in poor condition. There is also the fragmentary remains of a type 1 hut circle, internal diameter 4.5m, built onto the enclosure wall. A ruined yard, about 8m by 13m, is attached to the outside of enclosure B and C.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Enclosure 'C'. Sub-circular enclosure built onto 'B' at SX67636598. Two hut circles seen in survey.
Griffith, F. M., 1990, DAP/QG, 8, 9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV234504.
Photograph taken on 14th March 1990.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Enclosure 'C' at the prehistoric settlement at 'Hickaton Hill South-east' has one large free standing Hut Circle '6' of 8 metres diameter opening to the south-east and two on the perimeterone almost dstroyed by the leat.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Northern enclosure with one internal hut circles shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV146060 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66NE16. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV146067 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 09/04/1980. NMR SX6765. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). |
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| SDV147534 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR SX6766. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 1, 2. |
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| SDV234504 | Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1990. DAP/QG. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 8, 9. |
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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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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20. |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127532 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV129314 | Parent of: Hut circle within Enclosure 'C' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV5227 | Part of: Enclosed hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129295 | Related to: Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129298 | Related to: Enclosure 'D' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV103636 | Related to: Enclosure on south-east slope of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24774 | Related to: Hut Circle '1' to the east of Enclosure 'A' at enclosed settlement south of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24773 | Related to: Hut circle 55 metres west of enclosed settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24775 | Related to: Hut Circle '7' in Enclosure 'D' at enclosed settlement on south side of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24691 | Related to: Hut Circle '8' within Enclosure 'D' at enclosed settlement on south side of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV103647 | Related to: Hut circle east of hut circle settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24782 | Related to: Leat on Hickaton Hill (Monument) |
| MDV5304 | Related to: Possible settlement south of Hickaton Hill (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 4 2022 12:16PM |
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