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Summary

Enclosure to the south-east of Crow Tor with walls 1.8 metres wide by up to 0.5 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and walling of Bronze Age oval-shaped enclosure settlement 230 metres south-east of Crow Tor with several possible hut circles built into the northern wall

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW114
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442822
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/107

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1979, SF1509, 427/308-11 (Aerial Photograph). SDV262885.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX67NW114, SX67NW114 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV235507.

(30/10/1979) At SX 60927859 on a south east facing slope at 473.0m OD is the poor remains of a sub-rectangular enclosure measuring 31m by 39m. It is constructed of double-faced walling incorporating natural boulders. The walling measures from 0.8m to 1.8m in width and up to 0.5m high, with two possible entrance gaps to the north east and south west. There are no associated huts.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD.

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

Fragmentary enclosure with no huts visible on 1979 NMR aerial image.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(07/09/1994) Centred SX 60937859. A small sub-divided ovoid enclosure is located on the S edge of the clitter field 350m SE of Crow Tor. The gently sloping interior measures 48m E to W by 35m and is bounded by a low stoney bank up to 1.8m wide and 0.5m high. The NW corner of the main enclosure has been walled off to create a small teardrop shaped annexe. The possible entrance gaps described by the Ordnance Survey (1979) are supplemented by a third in the NW.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 62, Map 29, Settlement 6 (Monograph). SDV219155.

The perimeter wall surrounding Settlement '6' is more or less continuous. Banks sub-divide the interior into three unequal parts but the expected hut foundations have so far not been discovered.

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

Enclosure shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Enclosure' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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