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| HER Number: | MDV27671 |
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| Name: | Prehistoric field system north of Bellever Tor |
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Summary
A Bronze Age irregular aggregate field system lying on a ridge between Bellever Tor and Lakehead Hill. The field walls are composed of rubble banks standing up to 2 metres wide and 0.7 metres high. Within the fields are nine visible stone hut circles. To the east of the field system lies a further stone hut circle. Scheduled.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 648 768 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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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
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NW39
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442620
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/226
- Old SAM County Ref: 964
- Old SAM Ref: 28689
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2463-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951/1979, SX67NW39 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV262762.
(27/10/1951) Hut circle at SX 64827690; diameter 6.3 metres and average height 0.4 metres. Stones are moss and turf covered.
(23/11/1979) Interspersed through the wooded NE. slopes of Bellever Tor at about 400m. O.D. are nine Type 1 (SX 56 SE 19) hut circles centred at SX 648768.
Their internal diameters vary from 3.8m. to 7.8m. with rubble walling from 0.9m. to 1.6m. wide and 0.6m. high. The huts are partly concealed by humus and only in two can entrances be determined, both on the south.
Fragmentary boulder and rubble walling 0.9m. wide and up to 0.5m. high appears to link the huts and probably forms part of a field system of at least 4.0. ha. Much of the field walls have been concealed by humus but at SX 649767 there is an area of 0.7 ha. with rectilinear fields approximately 30m. by 40m.
Huts surveyed at 1:10 000 on M.S.D. and at 1:2500. Field system demarcated on A.O. 1:10 000.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Series of fields and enclosures within woodland planted in 1945 includes hut circles SX67NW/57. Probably related to enclosures/fields of SX67NW/179.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, I. S. Sainsbury (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(17/09/1992) Full report on the settlement and field system. 13 hut circles, (including the single huts of SX67NW26 and 126) have been identified.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144278 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(08/07/1997) Part of irregular aggregate field system forming part of a prehistoric stone hut circle settlement north of Bellever Tor. Irregular aggregate field system.
Agricultural Development Advisory Service, 1995, ADAS worksheet, In SMR (Worksheet). SDV244891.
(14/02/1995) Could not find any trace of this feature.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2463-5. |
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| SDV244891 | Worksheet: Agricultural Development Advisory Service. 1995. ADAS worksheet. Agricultural Development Advisory Sheet. Unknown. In SMR. |
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| SDV262762 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951/1979. SX67NW39. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 144278. |
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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. I. S. Sainsbury. [Mapped feature: #126867 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27222 | Parent of: ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV59149 | Parent of: ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV50114 | Parent of: Enclosure with hut circles 600 metres north-east of Bellever Tor (Monument) |
| MDV5880 | Parent of: Hut circle 580 metres north-east of Bellever Tor (Monument) |
| MDV50116 | Parent of: Hut circle 640 metres north-east of Bellever Tor (Monument) |
| MDV52774 | Related to: Bronze Age Settlement to north of Bellever Tor (Monument) |
| MDV5914 | Related to: Enclosure and hut circles north of Bellever Tor (Monument) |
| MDV52764 | Related to: FIELD SYSTEM in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV5999 | Related to: Hut Circle 570 metres north-east of Bellever Tor (Monument) |
| MDV27672 | Related to: Hut circle settlement north of Bellever Tor (Monument) |
| MDV16520 | Related to: SETTLEMENT in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7388 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7406 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 7 2022 10:40AM |
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