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Summary

Centred SX 61877526 in the marshy pan either side of the Muddilake Brook are a group of enclosures covering approximately 10 hectares. The bank depicted by the Royal Commission (1985 APP) forms the northern boundary of these fields which are shown on a Duchy plan of c. 1795. they are not depicted on the subsequent Duchy plans or by the OS. Their use is difficult to ascertain, the area today is inaccessible even in semi drought conditions.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW160
• National Monuments Record: SX67NW191
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 874977
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 883919
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/207

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
• PEAT CUTTING (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Bulker, F., 1795, A Plan of Part Enclosed Ground, Forest of Dartmoor Since 1795 (Plan - sketch). SDV264576.

National Monuments Record, 1969, NMR SX6273, 1/15-27 (Aerial Photograph). SDV261771.

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

Possible bank, within an area of peat cutting. Visible on 1969 NMR aerial image.

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

(26/06/1989) [874977] SX 62037518. A short low peat bank probably a peat baulk which lies within an extensive peat marsh. Of no archaeological significance.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(07/08/1994) Centred SX 61877526 in the marshy pan either side of the Muddilake Brook are a group of enclosures covering approximately 10 ha. The bank depicted by the Royal Commission (1985 APP) forms the northern boundary of these fields which are shown on a Duchy plan of c. 1795. they are not depicted on the subsequent Duchy plans or by the OS. Their use is difficult to ascertain, the area today is inaccessible even in semi drought conditions.
Sketched at 1:5000 using RCHME APP overlay and 1795 plan.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8640 - Spaders and Muddilake and Smith Hill Newtakes, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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