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| HER Number: | MDV26109 |
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| Name: | Unlikely enclosure in Dunnabridge Plantation |
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Summary
Possible enclosure identified in 1985 aerial photograph project. Survey in 1988 suggests this is an unlikely feature and MPP visit did not identify any feature here.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 633 739 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Remains of a field system with possible prehistoric origins in Dunnabridge Plantation
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SW171
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 908264
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/300
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NON ANTIQUITY (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4427 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
National Monuments Record, 1969 - 1976, NMR SX6373, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV234379.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Enclosure contained within a field system of unknown date. The enclosure has a short bank attached to its west side, and it contains one hut circle.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(13/06/1988) The APU transcription (1985) depicts a narrow and somewhat oval enclosure about 55m long and 30m wide, with a single hut circle appended to its southern end. From the NW extremity an outer bank roughly parallels the W side of the enclosure.
The whole is depicted within a larger 3.5 ha. enclosure of suggested prehistoric origin (SX 67 SW 172), but there is no obvious association.
The area has been a plantation for upwards of a century and the APU transcription seems to be based upon some doubtful marks on the 1947 RAF AP when the woodland had been temporarily cleared. By 1964 it was again under conifer (1964 AP) which has now matured, and there is no evidence of any prehistoric work on the ground. (RCHM AP 1969 not available for inspection).
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
(-/-/2002) Considered under MPP but was found to not exist.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV234379 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1969 - 1976. NMR SX6373. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1. |
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| SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4427. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #14102 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7397 - Condition survey of Dunnabridge woodlands
- EDV7422 - Archaeological survey of Dunnabridge woodlands
- EDV8633 - Dunnabridge Farm, Duchy Farms Survey-Not finished
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 8 2022 11:33AM |
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