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HER Number:MDV24535
Name:Enclosure to the south-west of Whiddon Goyle

Summary

Small enclosure or field system standing bank surrounds irregular area with at least 3 low banks radiating out from it. It has become incorporated in modern field system (ap).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 675 924
Map Sheet:SX69SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Tawton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH TAWTON

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of an enclosure to the south-west of Whiddon Goyle which may represent a former settlement site

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX69SE62
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1409085
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SE/130

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Unknown date)

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV244319.

Des=griffith, f. M. /as above/(23/10/1996). This group of enclosures is strikingly irregular in the surrounding field system and may represent an abandoned settlement site (fmg).

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 4439 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.

(DCC 35/36 + 65). Small enclosure or field system standing bank surrounds irregular area with at least three low banks radiating out from it. It has become incorporated in modern field system.

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

Visible and recorded.

Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.

(Undated) An irregular enclosure, noted by the County Sites and Monuments Record, may mark a fossilised enclosure of unknown date. Considered under MPP but not recommended for scheduling.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV145710Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown.
SDV221887Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. 4439.
SDV244319Migrated Record:
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 11 2022 8:27AM