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| HER Number: | MDV27908 |
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| Name: | Field banks on Burford Down, Harford |
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Summary
Small enclosure (about 0.1 hectares) of elongated wedge-shape near western boundary of field system visible on NMR 1976 aerial image at SX 6380 6032. Relationship of western perimeter with field system unclear. Small linear feature nearby to north.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 638 603 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Harford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of Bronze Age settlement and field system on Burford Down comprising several enclosures and hut circles within field system overlain with later lynchets
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/220
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV146092.
Aph=nmr sx6360/1(22/4/1976).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Small enclosure (about 0.1 hectares) of elongated wedge-shape near western boundary of field system visible on NMR 1976 aerial image at SX 6380 6032. Relationship of western perimeter with field system unclear. Small linear feature nearby to north.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
(-/-/2002) Considered under MPP by previous MPPA, who did not propose it for scheduling.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV146092 | Aerial Photograph: |
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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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Associated Monuments
| MDV28130 | Related to: Earthwork bank on Burford Down, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV27907 | Related to: Enclosure with two hut circles north of Tristis Rock, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV27903 | Related to: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Harford (Monument) |
| MDV27904 | Related to: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Harford (Monument) |
| MDV129477 | Related to: Hut circle within prehistoric settlement north of Tristis Rocks, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV119761 | Related to: Lynchets on Burford Down, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV4336 | Related to: Prehistoric settlement north of Tristis Rocks, Burford Down (Monument) |
| MDV27906 | Related to: Two hut circles and associated bank north of Tristis Rock, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV13222 | Related to: Yadsworthy field system, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 31 2023 3:56PM |
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