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Summary

Suggested later prehistoric enclosure at Hound Tor. A stoney bank joins two natural granite outcrops on the southern edge of Hound Tor. The bank comprises small blocks of moorstone and measures circa 0.25 metres high and is up to 0.7 metres wide. The wall may form part of an enclosure which utilised the tor itself for part of its circuit. Similar Cornish sites are either demonstrably or possibly Neolithic in date.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016255: Prehistoric and medieval settlements and their field systems at Hound Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX77NW99
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1045281

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE? (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Newman, P. + Probert, S. + Riley, H., 1994/1995, Houndtor Down, Manaton, Devon - A New Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England., H. Riley (Report - Survey). SDV344628.

(07/02/1995) A stoney bank runs from SX 7430078984 to SX 7428478958, joining two natural granite outcrops on the southern edge of Hound Tor. The bank is composed of small blocks of moorstone and is some 0.25m high and 0.5-7m wide. This may be part of an enclosure which utilised the tor itself for part of its circuit and, by analogy with Cornish sites such as Helman Tor and Tregarrick Tor (SX 6 SE 33 and SX 27 SW 49) may date to the Neolithic period. A Neolithic flint scatter was found in the area of Hound Tor (SX 77 NW 85).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4759 - RCHME Houndtor Down Survey

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