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Summary

Oval enclosure of 29 metres by 21 metres with the visible west wall of 1.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high and an entrance in the south located 80 metres to the north of the Standon Down settlement. A bulge on the south-east corner was identified in 1998 as a hut of 2.5 metres internal diameter

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011230: Enclosure 1250m NNW of Standon Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SE15
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440621
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/26
• Old SAM Ref: 22315

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 3379-80 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

National Monuments Record, 1955, SX5582, 13 (Aerial Photograph). SDV234890.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX58SE15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV234888.

(06/09/1979) A small prehistoric enclosure situated on a slight west slope at 385m OD, and 100m north of an extensive settlement (SX 58 SE 16) with which it may be associated.
It measures 29.0m by 21.0m internally with much of the east side now submerged by peat growth which has also raised the level of the interior. The west side is best preserved where the rubble walling is 1.5m to 2.5m wide, and up to 0.5m high. There is a clearly defined entrance gap in the south and a semi-circular bulge in the southeast corner, possibly denoting a hut of 3.0m internal diameter.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:500 (Published NG Ref correct). See ground photographs.

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

To north of SX58SE/1.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 97-98, Map 32, Figure 32.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

'Isolated enclosure' shown circa 80 metres to the north of 'Standon Down North-west' settlement.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(03/08/1998) This feature remains as described by the Ordnance Survey in 1979 though a dry spell in the early summer of 1998 exposed the NE margin of the enclosure and the stoney platform on which the small hut circle is positioned. The latter comprises a turf covered stone ring with an internal diameter of 2.7m. There is no obvious entrance though there is a break in the enclosing wall on the NW giving access to the enclosure. It lies under close-cropped grassland.
SX 5506682664 Hut diameter measures 2.5m, wall width 1.0m, 0.3m high.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(15/02/2001) No change.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011230 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes a sub-oval enclosure situated on a gentle west-facing slope overlooking Tavy Cleave. The interior of the enclosure measures 29 metres north to south by 21 metres east to west and is defined by a rubble wall up to 2.5 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. The eastern half of the enclosure is buried beneath peat, although the upper part of the boundary bank remains visible. A bulge in the south-east corner of the enclosure may represent the site of a stone hut circle, which now survives largely as a buried feature. A gap in the southern wall represents an original entrance to the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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