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| HER Number: | MDV27517 |
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| Name: | Field system north of Batworthy |
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Summary
Remains of a field system visible between SX713859 and SX716855.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 715 857 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX78NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Walling and earthworks of a Bronze age enclosure and associated field system north of Batworthy
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX78NW38
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445567
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/91
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 1353 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1981, SX78NW38 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV258777.
(24/11/1981) Seven hectares of enclosed boulder strewn moorland depicted on the OS 6", 1963 are shown on OS air photo (a) to have been cleared by 1975 save for the remains of a solitary enclosure at SX 71648555.
This comprises the western half of an IA homestead which survives as a turf and gorse covered bank of small stones, about 6m. wide and 0.7m. high. The eastern half is now represented by a curving modern field wall. The overall diameter of approximately 40m. gives an internal area of about 0.2 ha. with a possible original entrance gap on the south side. A scooped platform within the enclosure appears to represent a stripped hut of 10m. diameter.
Vestiges of a former field system can be detected to the northwest over 3ha. of the current pasture. No other hut platforms are visible but massive heaps of boulders testify to the thoroughness of the modern clearance. Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. and at 1:500 (see plan).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Remains of a field system visible on the 1940s aerial photograph between SX713859 and SX716855. Recorded on the map overlay.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV224714 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1353. |
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| SDV258777 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1981. SX78NW38. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| 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. [Mapped feature: #85755 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV22829 | Related to: Enclosure 290 meters north-east of Batworthy Farm (Monument) |
| MDV27515 | Related to: Field system with ridge and furrow north-west of Middlecot (Monument) |
| MDV27516 | Related to: Reave with associated hut circles west of Middlecot (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2022 2:21PM |
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