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| HER Number: | MDV26135 |
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| Name: | Fragmentary field system south-east of Swincombe |
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Summary
Fragmentary field banks representing incomplete portions of three or four prehistoric fields are situated on a slight slope at SX 6467 7255. The banks are low and largely vegetation-covered, between 1.5 and 2m wide and up to 0.6m high. Large stones are visible occasionally along the bank lines.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 646 725 |
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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: Fragmentary earthwork remains of prehistoric enclosures with hut
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SW186
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 908795
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/326
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX6472, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV245616.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Fragments of an agglomerated enclosure with one hut circle. There are fragments of bank at SX 64677247 and SX 64777245.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(21/07/1988) Fragmentary field banks representing incomplete portions of three or four prehistoric fields are situated on a slight slope at SX 6467 7255.
The banks are low and largely vegetation-covered, between 1.5 and 2m wide and up to 0.6m high. Large stones are visible occasionally along the bank lines.
The feature described as a hut circle (Royal Commission, 1985) is a local, natural protrusion. No certain traces of settlement features could be found. These field banks are probably related to an extensive field system situated to the SW (see SX 67 SW 44).
(See SX 67 SW 45 for plan).
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, Map 62 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Butler depicts a roughly circular enclosure at this location. No further detail provided.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV245616 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. NMR SX6472. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3. |
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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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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. Map 62. |
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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. P. Pattison. [Mapped feature: #85188 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
- EDV8632 - Sherberton Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 8 2022 10:20AM |
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