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Summary

Remains of a prehistoric enclosure, partially destroyed during the construction of the reservoir in the early 20th century. Can still be traced in the woodland and seen on the open moor outside of the wooded area. Appears to have been a roughly oval shape, measuring around 100 metres south-west to north-east, by maybe 50 metres south-east by north-west, although this section is incomplete.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NW/139

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX6459, 1/226-228 (Aerial Photograph). SDV168294.

Hankin, C. F., 1977-1980, Harford Parish Checklist, 1976-1977 (estimated). (Worksheet). SDV149931.

This occupation site has almost been destroyed by the building of a reservoir in 1914. An enclosure and a group of hut circles on the left (south) side of the Butter Brook stood on ground now within the fenced area, planted with conifers, reserved by the Water authority.
The south sector of the enclosure can be seen, the line of the wall formed by a ridge of small stones only just above ground level. Maybe part of an enclosure, which is cut by the boundary to the Butter Brook Reservoir and the reservoir itself. Close to a hut circle (MDV120061).

Everett, C., 1978, Archaeological Survey of Some Woodlands Within the Dartmoor National Park, 18, Map 15, BB3 (Report - Survey). SDV360464.

BB3 Bank SX 5461 5918 to SX 6466 5925. The plantation fence overlies an enclosure the south-eastern part of which can be seen on the open moor. The bank has a base of 2 metres and maximum height of 0.5 metres, and shows as a low mound set with stones. It can be traced within the enclosure for 13 metres at its northern end and for 26 metres at its southern end. The bank is probably associated with the prehistoric settlement.

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

Visible on 1976 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 19, Map 53, Figure 53.2 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Remnants of a pair of enclosures with the larger apparently of oval plan traceable for some distance amongst the trees

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.

Visible on the Lidar data.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

Partly depicted on the modern mapping; within the area of the woodland.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7427 - Archaeological survey of woodlands near Butterbrook Reservoir

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