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HER Number:MDV24789
Name:Linear feature south of enclosure south-west of Mardle Brook

Summary

Curving bank to the south of enclosure south-west of Mardle Brook recorded from 1979 aerial photograph in 1985 project. Visible on 2022 lidar data, the boundary runs south-east to join reave MDV13186.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 676 685
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWest Buckfastleigh
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKFASTLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/32/9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 426 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.

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

SX 6756 6860 Short curving length of wall to south of enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 168, Map 58, Figure 58.5 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Curving 'banks' shown to the south of the enclosure at 'Mardle Ring'.

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

Partly visible on aerial photograph.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

Visible on Lidar data.

Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DSM 2022 - 1m Last return (Cartographic). SDV365448.

Two sections of linear boundary visible; a shorter curving section running on an east-west alignment (before turning south-east) north of stream to the south of enclosure MDV5205. Continues to south of the stream running south-east to the reave MDV13186.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV172921Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1457. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 426.
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. 168, Map 58, Figure 58.5.
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital).
SDV362956Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.
SDV365448Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2022. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DSM 2022 - 1m Last return. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped features: #140823 Section north of the stream, ; #140824 Section south of the stream, ]

Associated Monuments

MDV5205Related to: Enclosure with hut circle west of Mardle Brook, West Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV5206Related to: Hut circle in enclosure west of Mardle Brook (Monument)
MDV13186Related to: Reave at Snowdon Hole (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 26 2023 9:58AM