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| HER Number: | MDV19982 |
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| Name: | ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Cornwood |
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Summary
Vis=2/8/1979 (os) enclosure measuring internally 10.3m x 7.8m and demarked by single walling of boulders and slabs set on edge, except on the sw side where the wall has double facing and is built on top of clitter. The single wall is 0.3-0.5m high, the double wall 0.8m high. Inside and against the north-east side there is a possible hut circle of 3.4m internal diameter, only a few stones remain. To the nw, a plot has been cleared of stones 16m x 7m.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 629 617 |
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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 a damaged prehistoric enclosure on the southern edge of Stall Moor
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/153/2
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV172225.
Osa=sx66sw84. Vis=2/8/1979 (os) enclosure measuring internally 10.3m x 7.8m and demarked by single walling of boulders and slabs set on edge, except on the sw side where the wall has double facing and is built on top of clitter. The single wall is 0.3-0.5m high, the double wall 0.8m high. Inside and against the north-east side there is a possible hut circle of 3.4m internal diameter, only a few stones remain. To the nw, a plot has been cleared of stones 16m x 7m.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
See main record.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
(-/-/2002) Considered under MPP by previous MPPA, who did not propose it for scheduling.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV172225 | Migrated Record: |
| 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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Associated Monuments
| MDV19980 | Part of: Field system north of Redaven Gulf, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 14 2023 4:35PM |
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