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| HER Number: | MDV22829 |
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| Name: | Enclosure 290 meters north-east of Batworthy Farm |
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Summary
Enclosure 290 meters north-east of Batworthy Farm identified from aerial photographs.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 716 855 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Walling and earthworks of a Bronze age enclosure and associated field system north of Batworthy
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/78
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV258775.
Des=worksheet(bovey). Possible prehistoric enclosure visible on ap. To the east the enclosure bank is followed by field boundaries. To the west the bank is very low and delineated by scrub vegetation. Possible trackway leads in from nw. Other disused boundaries are visible (bovey).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV258776.
Aph=nmr sf1508/877(24/4/1979).
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV258778.
Aph=os75/298/062.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV258779.
Des=quinnell, n. V. /(-/9/1995)/worksheet in pf. Vis=diam c.33m. Perimeter denoted by small trees + bushes. Not visited by os archaeologist but an old os field sheet says 'enclosed hut'. No obvious internal hut on ap (quinnell).
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1981, SX78NW38 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV258777.
Osa=sx78nw38/plan. Vis=24/11/1981 (os) os 6" 1963 shows boulder-strewn moorland. By 1975 (ap) all cleared except for one enclosure (western half). Eastern half survives in modern fieldwall. Diameter c.40m, encloses 0.2ha. Scooped hut platform within enclosure. Vestiges of a former field system over 3ha area to the northwest. Massive modern clearance heaps visible.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Enclosure visible and recorded on NMR photographs.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV258775 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV258776 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV258777 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1981. SX78NW38. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV258778 | Aerial Photograph: |
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| SDV258779 | 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
| MDV27517 | Related to: Field system north of Batworthy (Monument) |
| MDV27516 | Related to: Reave with associated hut circles west of Middlecot (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2023 12:31PM |
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