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Summary

A field system of about 3 hectares in area, was recorded from aerial images in 1985 project as a group of three or four contiguous field plots and linear walls. It lies on a fairly steep south-facing slope and is almost completely buried under a layer of peat and moorland turf. It is bisected by the Brimpts Mine Leat. All that can be identified on the ground during 1989 field visit was a few linear parch marks and a number of isolated earthfast boulders which indicate the line of the buried dwelling.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Vegetation mark of a Bronze Age enclosure including a hut circle 290 metres east of Smith Hill Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW197
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 884203
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/193

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD SYSTEM? (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6375, 4/340-52 (Aerial Photograph). SDV346613.

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

Agglomerated enclosure appearing as a vegetation mark including a hut circle and comprising about five elements. It is not clear whether these are contemporary.

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

(28/08/1989) Centred SX 63677536. A field system of about 3 hectares in area, is visible on APs (1985) as a group of three or four contiguous field plots and linear walls. It lies on a fairly steep S facing slope and is almost completely buried under a layer of peat and moorland turf. It is bisected by the Brimpts Mine Leat (SX 67 SE 134).
All that can be identified on the ground are a few linear parch marks and a number of isolated earthfast boulders which indicate the line of the buried dwelling.
A large sub-circular enclosure at SX 63597534 is probably the 'hut' noted by the RCHME APP (MDV27232).

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North (Monograph). SDV219155.

Not shown on maps.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Standard polygon shown to the east of Smith Hill Farm. Enclosure east of Smith Hill Farm was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 98.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Circular feature visible on the 2010 aerial photography, which is thought to be the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8638 - Dunnabridge Common, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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