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| HER Number: | MDV13241 |
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| Name: | Oval enclosure north of Harrowthron Plantation, Cornwood |
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Summary
Oval enclosure north of Harrowthron Plantation of 110 metres by 65 metres with fragmentary walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high and no indication of a settlement
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 622 620 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Cornwood |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWOOD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Walling remains of oval enclosure of unknown date on northern side of Harrowthorn Plantation, Cornwood
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SW82
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442412
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/139
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6262, 2-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV156968.
Photograph taken on 14th April 1977.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SW82 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV149944.
(19/08/1977) 'A' SX 62196207 An oval enclosure, 110m north-south by 65m and 0.5ha, situated on a moderate, well drained west facing slope at 280m above OD. The fragmentary walling, 1.5m wide and built of large boulders, is lynchetted to a height of 0.5m. There is no indication of settlement within the interior which is cleared and may possibly have been cultivated.
'B' SX 62306218 Fragments of probable walling, built of large boulders, edge a cleared area, 0.5ha and are the probable remains of an enclosure.
Found during field investigation. Enclosure 'A' 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.
Visible and recorded on aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 188-9, Map 52, Figure 11 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Oval enclosure at 'Hawthorn Plantation' crossed by a 'field wall' and with the southern perimeter lost amongst the undergrowth of the plantation.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Oval 'Enclosure' marked.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 188-9, Map 52, Figure 11. |
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| SDV149944 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66SW82. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV156968 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX6262. 2-3. |
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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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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #80822 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4267 | Related to: Cairn and cist north-east of Harrowthorn Plantation, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV13242 | Related to: Remains of an enclosure north of Harrowthorn Plantation, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 25 2022 10:11AM |
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