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Summary

Prehistoric enclosure of 26 metres by 18 metres with walls 1 metre wide by 0.5 metres high to the north-west of White Tor Camp with a hut circle in the south-west corner

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of prehistoric reaves and settlements around White Tor
• Scheduled Monument 1007899: Enclosure and stone hut circle 80m north of White Tor fort

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW3
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439729
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/31
• Old SAM Ref: 22202

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Enclosure' shown on early 20th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card, 1950, SX57NW3, SX57NW3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV228546.

Visited on 17th July 1950. Enclosure wall, 0.3 metres high, constructed of partly turf covered stones. A Type 1 hut circle is situated in the south-west corner of the enclosure. It has internal measurements of 2 metres by 1.5 metres with a wall 1.5 metres wide; in poor condition. Although the interior of the enclosure is stony it has been cleared to some extent.

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF 58/6399, 0041-0042 (Aerial Photograph). SDV225229.

National Monument Record, 1977, SX5478 (Aerial Photograph). SDV228382.

In the south-west corner of the foot of the rock face a small hut circle has been levelled into the slope. It is about 2.3 metres diameter inside a turf-covered stone wall 0.4 metres high and 1 metre wide. There is no definite entrance but it may have been located in the south-east side. (NMR, citing Sainsbury).

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

Not visible RAF verticals.

Sainsbury, I. S., 1988, Survey of settlement north of White Tor (Report - Survey). SDV227592.

Visited on 29th July 1988. At SX54187878. A small enclosure and hut circle located at the base of a north facing rocky outcrop. The enclosure measures 22 metres north to south by 15 etres inside a crude turf-covered stone wall which is 0.5 metres high and 1.8 metres to 2 metres wide. No definite facing stones are evident. The wall is rather fragmentary on the east side where it utilises fallen boulders and outcrop of the escarpment; on the west it terminates rather abruptly. There is a lowering of the wall roughly central to the north side, which may indicate the original entrance.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP, February 1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Irregular enclosure. Measures 26 metres north-south, 18 metres east-west. Defined by rubble bank 1 metre wide, 0.5 metres high. Central entrance in north wall, measuring 2 metres wide. There is a hut circle against the south end of western wall.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 91-92, Map 31, Figure 31.7 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Site '12' at 'White Tor Fort and hut circles' includes the northern part of an enclosure with a hut circle on the south-west side.

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

Part of enclosure visible on arial photograph.

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 31/08/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

Full description(s) ?
(SX 54227876) Enclosure (NR). (1-3)

Visible on RAF air photographs. (4)

At SX 54227876, amidst dense clitter on the north-facing slope of
White Tor, at 445.0m. OD; is an enclosure measuring approximately
25.0m x 15.0m. Its south side is bounded by a rock-face and its
other sides marked by stone walling averaging 0.5m. wide and 0.5m.
high, with an entrance centrally placed in the north side.

A Type 1 hut circle is situated in the south-west corner of the
enclosure. It has internal measurements of 2.0m. x 1.5m with a wall
1.5m wide; in poor condition. Although the interior of the enclosure
is stony it has been cleared to some extent. (Type site SX 56 SE 19).

Surveyed at 1:10 000 on P.F.D. and at 1:1000 for AO Records (see
SX 57 NW 2). (5)

SX 5418 7878. A small enclosure and hut-circle located at the base of a N facing rocky outcrop at about 450m OD. The enclosure measures 22m N-S by 15m inside a crude turf-covered stone wall which is 0.5m high and 1.8m to 2m wide. No definite facing stones are evident. The wall is rather fragmentary on the E side where it utilises fallen boulders and outcrop of the escarpment; on the W it terminates rather abruptly. There is a lowering of the wall roughly central to the N side, which may indicate the original entrance.

In the SW corner of the foot of the rock face a small hut circle has been levelled into the slope. It is about 2.3m diameter inside a turf-covered stone wall 0.4m high and 1m wide. There is no definite entrance but it may have been located in the SE side. (6-7)

Sources ?
Ref Title (& comments) Year SoR Pages Volume Notes
1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Default value used to record large numbers of archive items which are not separately catalogued. See Monument Recording Guidelines for details of use. OS 6" 1907
2 Field Investigators Comments F1 JHO 17-JUL-1950.
3 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Default value used to record large numbers of archive items which are not separately catalogued. See Monument Recording Guidelines for details of use. OS 6" 1954
4 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION AP's (RAF 5B/6399 F65 0041-42 07.64)
5 Field Investigators Comments F2 JGB 21-10-78
6 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION SMR SX57NW 031.
7 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION RCHME Field Investigation, 29-JUL-1988, IS Sainsbury.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

'Homestead' shown on modern mapping with part of an enclosure and a hut circle.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007899 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes a stone hut circle situated within a small enclosure lying at the base of a cliff on a north-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Tavy. The enclosure is irregular in plan and measures a maximum of 26 metres from north to south and 18 metres from east to west and is defined by a rubble bank with an average width of 1 metre standing up to 0.5 metres high. The entrance is placed centrally in the northern wall and measures 2 metres high. The stone hut circle is placed against the southern end of the western wall of the enclosure. The hut's wall is composed of a rubble bank measuring 1.5 metres wide and standing up to 0.3 metres high and the interior of the structure measures 2 metres long by 1.5 metres wide. The doorway faces east and is defined by a gap in the rubble bank. The monument lies in close proximity to a number of contemporary settlements, a hillfort and a coaxial field system.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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