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Summary

Identified from aerial photos as a possible modern enclosure, fieldwork in 1988 identified this feature as a shallow ditch, perhaps part of the drainage system, and so is of minor archaeological significance.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SW141
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 907101
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/163

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• (Former Type) ENCLOSURE? (XVIII to Early 20th Century - 1750 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1302 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

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

Small banked enclosure visible amongst peat cutting, probably recent in origin.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(04/01/1988)/ This sub-rectangular sloped enclosure visible on APs lies in a marshy area on the floorplan of the West Dart River. Efforts have been made in the past to drain the marsh but how many of the silted and reed-covered ditches are associated with this work and how much disturbance is the result of 19th century peat digging is not clear.
The enclosure is in fact a shallow ditch, perhaps part of the drainage system, and so is of minor archaeological significance.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8639 - Princehall Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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