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| HER Number: | MDV27910 |
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| Name: | Small enclosure on the southern slope of Stalldown, Cornwood |
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Summary
An oval prehistoric enclosure attached to a short serpentine length of ruined enclosure wall on the lower southern slopes of Stall Down. The enclosure is 13.6 metres by 8.4 metres with walls up to 0.8 metres high. The site was recorded in 2018 whilst covered by dense summer bracken.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 640 615 |
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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
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a group of scattered bronze age hut circles and enclosures in the Erme Valley
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 66 SW 49
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/222
- Pastscape: 442321
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX6361, 1, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV138823.
Photograph taken on 22nd April 1976.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SW49 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV173520.
(03/08/1977) A free standing hut situated upon a south-east facing slope at 290m OD recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1977.
The isolated hut at SX 6404 6167 is of Type 1 with a sunken and levelled interior and a south-east entrance. Its internal diameter is 9.5m with walling 1.7m wide and 0.4m high, and is in poor condition. A ruined wall seems to connect the hut and the enclosure at SX 6404 6163. Also, fragmentary remains of irregular fields cover 5.0 hectares and are partially visible under thick bracken. Survey revised at a scale of 1:10 000 on MSD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Hut circle visible on aerial photograph attached to length of bank that stretches to another hut circle at SX64056163.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 42-43, Map 54, Figure 54.4 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Feature 'E' is oval shaped at 'Stalldown South-east 2' of 14.5 metres by 9 metres and may have been an unroofed pound. It is divided internally and with a spur wall curving north-east.
Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.
Feature shown on survey.
Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.
An oval prehistoric enclosure attached to a short serpentine length of ruined enclosure wall on the lower southern slopes of Stall Down. The enclosure is 13.6 metres by 8.4 metres with walls up to 0.8 metres high. The site was recorded whilst covered by dense summer bracken.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV138823 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. NMR SX6361. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 1, 3. |
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| SDV173520 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66SW49. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
| 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: #124908 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4347 | Part of: Prehistoric settlement west of the River Erme, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV42374 | Related to: Enclosure within a prehistoric settlement to the west of the River Erme, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV19973 | Related to: Small prehistoric enclosure on the lower slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV19973 | Related to: Small prehistoric enclosure on the lower slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV19973 | Related to: Small prehistoric enclosure on the lower slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV19973 | Related to: Small prehistoric enclosure on the lower slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
| MDV19975 | Related to: Small prehistoric hut circle on the lower slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 20 2020 12:05PM |
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