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| HER Number: | MDV2910 |
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| Name: | Enclosure on Cuckoo Ball, Ugborough |
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Summary
A small, roughly circular shaped enclosure with a probable hut-circle adjoining its western side. There is an entrance on eastern side from which a well defined track leads to the Sud Brook.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 660 582 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ugborough |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UGBOROUGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Roughly square prehistoric enclosure on Cuckoo Ball
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX65NE3
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441108
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/21
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Roman - 4000 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Enclosure shown as 'Hut Circles' on 19th century map with a curving internal division in the north-west corner.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1141-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Small, roughly circular shaped enclosure with a probable hut-circle adjoining its western side. There is an entrance on eastern side from which a well defined track leads to the Lud Brook.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1969, SX65NE3, SX65NE3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV176904.
Enclosure within the newtake on Cuckoo Ball, 109 metres west of Lud Brook. Small, roughly circular shaped enclosure There is an entrance on eastern side from which a well defined track leads to the Lud Brook.
National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6658, 2/374 (Aerial Photograph). SDV160614.
Photograph taken on 20th March 1977.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Circular enclosure less than 0.1 hectares in area visible on 1977 aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 23, Map 53, Figure 53.6 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Enclosure 'B' has slab facing which displays its prehistoric origin but the downhill contour wall 1.5 metres high and breached at the centre appears to have been rebuilt, perhaps to contain a reservoir. A curved bank crosses the interior but there are no traces of hut circles. A 'ditch' is shown running south-east from the eastern side of the enclosure.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
'Enclosure' shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV160614 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX6658. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2/374. |
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| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1141-2. |
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| SDV176904 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1969. SX65NE3. OSAD Card SX65NE3. Card Index. SX65NE3. |
| 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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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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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. 23, Map 53, Figure 53.6. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #125716 ] |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV25005 | Related to: Enclosure on Cuckoo Ball, Ugborough (Monument) |
| MDV103643 | Related to: Enclosure with hut circles west of Cuckoo Ball, Ugborough (Monument) |
| MDV128317 | Related to: Hut circle within enclosure to west of Cuckoo Ball, Ugborough (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 10 2021 11:18AM |
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