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| HER Number: | MDV27887 |
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| Name: | Enclosure with hut circle on the west side of the Erme Valley below Stalldown, Cornwood |
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Summary
Enclosure with one hut circle on the west side of the Erme Valley below Stalldown
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 639 613 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Cornwood |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CORNWOOD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/180
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX6361, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV138823.
Photograph taken on 22nd April 1976.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Enclosure with one hut circle covering less than 0.1 hectares.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 42-43, Map 54, Figure 54.4 (Monograph). SDV337765.
The small Enclosure 'A' is little more than a courtyard to Hut '1' of 7 metres diameter. The track and a pipeline clip its lower corner.
Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.
Enclosure and hut circle shown on survey.
Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.
A sub-circular prehistoic enclosure on the lower southern slopes of stall Down with one integral hut circle; part of a large concentration of huts and enclosures spread across this location. The site was recorded whilst covered by dense summer bracken. The walls of the enclosure and hut may have been robbed of larger stone, leaving only smaller stones in situ or displaced, wiyhin a turf-covered spread bank up to 3.8 metres wide and mostly 0.3 metres high. The interior covers an area of 0.025 hectares.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Enclosure and hut circle shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV138823 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. NMR SX6361. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 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. 42-43, Map 54, Figure 54.4. |
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| SDV361913 | Cartographic: Newman, P.. 2018. Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet). GIS ShapeFile. Digital. [Mapped feature: #117102 ] |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27888 | Parent of: Hut circle to north of prehistoric settlement on the west side of the Erme Valley below Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV27807 | Parent of: Hut circle within prehistoric enclosure on Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV4351 | Related to: Enclosure on the west side of track in the Erme Valley below Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV128023 | Related to: Prehistoric enclosures to the east of the track in the Erme Valley, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 18 2020 1:24PM |
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