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Summary

Enclosure survives as 50m by 36m oval area defined by a 2.4m wide and 0.4m high earthwork with occasional orthostats. Two short lengths of walling lead from the north side of the enclosure suggesting that it may have been agglomerated, though because of peat accumulation the extent and character of the additional enclosures could not be established by fieldwork. A substantial gap in the western circuit of the enclosure may be the result of robbing, although a smaller one on the same side may represent an original entrance. There are two stone circles attached to the inner face of the main enclosure, a third lies close to one of the possible additional enclosure walls.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015759: Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement 650m south east of Tawcroft

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW81
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1153867
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/125
• Old SAM Ref: 28799(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6291, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV271271.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Enclosure visible with one hut circle incorporated into its wall (1977).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 14043 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(19/06/1996) SX 6271 9247. Agglomerated enclosure survives as 50m by 36m oval area defined by a 2.4m wide and 0.4m high earthwork with occasional orthostats. Two short lengths of walling lead from the north side of the enclosure suggesting that it may have been agglomerated, though because of peat accumulation the extent and character of the additional enclosures could not be established by fieldwork. A substantial gap in the western circuit of the enclosure may be the result of robbing, although a smaller one on the same side may represent an original entrance. There are two stone circles attached to the inner face of the main enclosure, a third lies close to one of the possible additional enclosure walls.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362957.

Enclosure partially visible on lidar data; south-western section not clear.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

(1997) A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a north west facing slope of Cosdon Hill overlooking the valley of the River Taw. The enclosure survives as a 50 metre long by 36 metre wide oval shaped area defined by a 2.4 metre wide and 0.4 metre high earthwork, with occasional orthostats. Two short lengths of walling lead from the northern side of the enclosure, suggesting that it may have been agglomerated, though because of peat accumulation the extent and character of the additional enclosures could not be established by fieldwork. A substantial gap in the western circuit of the enclosure may be the result of robbing, although a smaller one on the same side may represent an original entrance. There are two stone hut circles attached to the inner face of the main enclosure, a third lies close to one of the possible additional enclosure walls and four more lie to the south west. The stone hut circles survive as stone and earth banks each surrounding a circular internal area and two have visible doorways.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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