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Summary

Enclosure 'B' (OS) the eastern of four adjoining enclosures at Corringdon Ball with hut circles

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010208: Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles on Corringdon Ball

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/104/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 522
• Old SAM Ref: 10859
• Pastscape: 441805

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Enclosure shown on 19th century map with a hut circle on the south-east side.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 2494 4076-8 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1948.

National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX6660, 4/362-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV176911.

Photograph taken on 20th May 1977.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1743, 51-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDV174615.

Photograph taken on 9th April 1980.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Visible on 1980, 1977, and 1948 aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5 & 56.6 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Eastern of four adjoining enclosures at Settlement 'A' at Corringdon Ball Enclosures'.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1010208 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

This agglomerated enclosure lies on the south west slope of Corringdon Ball, some 50m above Corringdon Leat and is a major element in the concentration of occupation evidence occurring in the area. The agglomeration consists of four enclosures with at least six hut circles set within them.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441805, SX66SE20 (Website). SDV363416.

Field Investiagation on 23rd December 1977. On the south-west slope of Corringdon Ball between 310 metres and 325 metres OD is a settlement of 0.6 hectares with four conjoined enclosures and four huts, all in poor condition.
Enclosure 'B' at SX 66986087, measures 35.0 metres by 30.0 metres and has similar sized walling to 'A', 'C' and 'D' but like 'C' and 'D' incorporates upright slabs with infilling. It has a simple east facing entrance gap, as do 'C' and 'D'. Within 'B' are two semi-circular yards 4.0 metres and 4.5 metres in diameter internally defined by a 0.3 metres high rickle of stones. The Type 2 hut at SX 67006087 has a levelled interior of 5.0 metres internal diameter, a west entrance and walling 1.3 metres wide and 0.5 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

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