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HER Number:MDV24690
Name:Part of an enclosure north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh

Summary

Enclosure 'C' (Butler) shown as two sides of a possible enclosure to the north of Snowdon Brook

Location

Grid Reference:SX 678 683
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWest Buckfastleigh
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKFASTLEIGH

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Walling remains of a Bronze Age settlement consisting of two joined enclosures with associated internal hut circles and a number of unenclosed huts to the east of the enclosures north of Snowdon Brook

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/230
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 441 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.

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

D-shaped enclosure containing one hut circle (covers 0.1 hectares in area).

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 167, map 58, Figure 58.4 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Part of Enclosure 'C' at 'Snowdon Brook North' shown as a curved feature to the north-east of Enclosure 'B' on the west side of a 'track' with a linear feature to the south-east.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV172921Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1457. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 441.
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.
SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 167, map 58, Figure 58.4. [Mapped feature: #128158 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV5216Part of: Hut circle Settlement north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV24689Related to: Enclosure with hut circle north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV129627Related to: Four pits to east of the enclosures north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV24777Related to: Hut circle east of the enclosures north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV128533Related to: Hut circle to the north-east of enclosure north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV128544Related to: Hut circle within prehistoric enclosure north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV128534Related to: Hut circles to north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV129626Related to: Two hut circles within enclosure north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jan 4 2021 1:00PM