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| HER Number: | MDV19120 |
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| Name: | Pen 'L' within the northern enclosure at 'Rider's Rings', South Brent |
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Summary
Pen or court 'L' (Butler) within the northern enclosure opposite the north-western entrance at 'Rider's Rings'
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 679 644 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | South Brent |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH BRENT |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SE2
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/73/5
- Pastscape: 441743
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- PEN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Oval feature shown on 19th century map.
Worth, R. H., 1935, Dartmoor Exploration Committee, Twelfth Report, 119, Fig. 2 (Article in Serial). SDV259660.
Hut 3. Only a small area of this hut was excavated in 1930 in the hope of finding the fireplace but in the event nothing was discovered and the excavation abandoned.
Robinson, 1978, Rider's Rings, Sketch Plan (Worksheet). SDV176574.
Site visit May 1978. Enclosure 26. In north pound. An irregular low wall 0.5 metres high and 2 metres wide enclosing a roughly circular area 13 metres in diameter. No trace of a platform. Probably not a hut.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 144-5, Map 57, Figure 57.14 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Court or Pen 'L' an oval feature isolated in the northern enclosure of Rider's Rings' was trenched by Worth in 1930 but only undisturbed natural ground was found.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Oval feature visible on aerial photo.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Irregular shaped feature shown on modern mapping.
Griffiths, D. M., Unknown, Riders Rings (Personal Comment). SDV357764.
Correlation of Worth and Robinson features not completely certain.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV176574 | Worksheet: Robinson. 1978. Rider's Rings. Sketch Plan. |
| SDV259660 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1935. Dartmoor Exploration Committee, Twelfth Report. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 67. Photocopy. 119, Fig. 2. |
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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. 144-5, Map 57, Figure 57.14. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127620 ] |
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| SDV357764 | Personal Comment: Griffiths, D. M.. Unknown. Riders Rings. |
| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5767 | Part of: Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129375 | Related to: Pen 'A' in the south-west corner of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129376 | Related to: Pen 'B' in the south-west of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129377 | Related to: Pen 'C' on the west side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129378 | Related to: Pen 'E' in the west side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129379 | Related to: Pen 'F' on the west side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129380 | Related to: Pen 'G' on the southern side of the entrance to the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129381 | Related to: Pen 'H' on the northern side of the entrance to the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129383 | Related to: Pen 'J' on the north-west side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129384 | Related to: Pen 'K' isolated on the north side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129384 | Related to: Pen 'K' isolated on the north side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129384 | Related to: Pen 'K' isolated on the north side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129384 | Related to: Pen 'K' isolated on the north side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129385 | Related to: Pen 'M' isolated on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129385 | Related to: Pen 'M' isolated on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129385 | Related to: Pen 'M' isolated on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129385 | Related to: Pen 'M' isolated on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129386 | Related to: Pen 'N' the northern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129386 | Related to: Pen 'N' the northern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129386 | Related to: Pen 'N' the northern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129386 | Related to: Pen 'N' the northern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129387 | Related to: Pen 'O' the central of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129387 | Related to: Pen 'O' the central of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129387 | Related to: Pen 'O' the central of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129387 | Related to: Pen 'O' the central of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129388 | Related to: Pen 'P' the southern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129388 | Related to: Pen 'P' the southern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129388 | Related to: Pen 'P' the southern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV129388 | Related to: Pen 'P' the southern of three pens on the east side of the northern enclosure at Rider's Rings settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
| MDV19116 | Related to: Wall at 'Rider's Rings' prehistoric settlement, South Brent (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 1 2020 11:52AM |
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