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Summary

Enclosure 'B' of 30 metres north-east to south-west with walls 2.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high on the east side of the settlement to the north-east of Wedlake Farm and to the west of Colly Brook with several associated hut circles. Only the northern half of the enclosure wall is visible above ground, although the remainder of its circuit probably survives as a buried feature.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007948: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the south slope of White Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW15
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439765

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Enclosures & Hut Circles' shown on early 20th century map. Northern part of an enclosure shown.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 87-88, Map 31, Figure 31.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Enclosure 'B' at Wedlake settlement is a fragmentary feature to the east of the 'stream' with two or three associated hut circles. The walls are fragmentary and seem to have been poorly built with small stones piled against a single line of slabs.

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

Northern part of an enclosure shown on survey bounded by a stream to the west.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Part of enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

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

Northern part of an enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007948 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes an enclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a gentle south-facing slope of White Tor overlooking the valley of the Colly Brook. Thirteen stone hut circles are associated with three separate enclosures. The interior of the eastern enclosure measures circa 30 metres north-east to south-west and is defined by a wall of orthostatic construction 2.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high. Only the northern half of the enclosure wall is visible above ground, although the remainder of its circuit probably survives as a buried feature.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake
• EDV8415 - Excavation at settlement near Wedlake Farm

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