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Summary

An irregular rectangular enclosure of 24m by 14m to the north of a hut settlement enclosure (MDV3979) to which it is attached by a 25m-long ruinous stone wall. The enclosure is located within a dense clitter stream and may have been an attempt to create a clearing within it. However, this was probably not achieved and the random nature of the walls suggests they were never completed. Surveyed in March 2022.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019876: Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE152
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438926
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/362
• Old SAM County Ref: 591
• Old SAM Ref: 22289

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 219/369 (Aerial Photograph). SDV277689.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE152 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV277688.

(12/02/1979) SX 5707 6533. On the south-west facing slope of Legis Tor at 275m O.D. and above on enclosed settlement (SX 56 NE 69) is a small prehistoric oval enclosure 25.0m by 15.0m The walling is 1.2mwide and 0.6m high and of rubble construction. Its general condition is poor and no entrance is visible. Discovered during field investigation. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on P.F.D.

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

Not visible on the Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130845 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(22/02/1993) Small oval enclosure forming part of an extensive prehistoric settlement. The enclosure measures internally 25m east-west by 15m north-south and is defined by a rubble wall 1.2m wide and up to 0.6m high.
A length of boundary wall leading from the western edge of this enclosure leads to the nearby agglomerate enclosure. This connecting wall would appear to be later in date than the agglomerate enclosure and this might suggest that the oval enclosure also post-dates this feature, though there is no definite visible evidence to support this hypothesis.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 111-4, Map 49, Figure 49.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Rectilinear feature shown to the north-east of Settlememt 'A' at Legis Tor with a section of wall attaching it to the main boundary wall.

Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(08/02/2005) Now recorded as part of 438698.

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

Part of feature visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Depicted on GIS survey layer.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Oval feature shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Newman, P., 2022, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV365490.

Rectangular enclosure attached to a large settlement. SX 57065 65326. An irregular rectangular enclosure of 24m by 14m to the north of a hut settlement enclosure (3979) to which it is attached by a 25m-long ruinous stone wall. The enclosure is located within a dense clitter stream and may have been an attempt to create a clearing within it. However, this was probably not achieved and the random nature of the walls suggests they were never completed. Surveyed at 1:1000 scale using GPS, March 2022.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down

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