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| HER Number: | MDV4283 |
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| Name: | Bronze age field system west of Broadall Lake |
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Summary
A group of five adjoining fields with associated with eight hut circles west of Broadall Lake.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 610 631 |
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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
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/40
- Old SAM County Ref: 339
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- FIELD SYSTEM (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW41 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV166610.
(site visited 1950) Fields are correct as shown.
National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX6163, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV166611.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.
Hut circles and field system. Eight huts, well built, with four or five associated rectangular fields. Field walls are of stone, with lynchets. Good condition, untouched. Agglomerated enclosure or small field system visible, comprising three main elements containing eight hut circles, all attached.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 179-180 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Five roughly rectangular fields, all adjoining with irregularly built walls. Each field contains between one tenth to half a hectrare in area and the largest, to the north of the settlement contains a large area of surface stone, or clitter. The newtake wall appears to faithfully preserve the northern boundary of the fields. Other details: Map 52, 5.
Department of National Heritage, 1996, Untitled Source (Correspondence). SDV166721.
Scheduled Monument Consent granted for works concerning the repair of the boundary wall.
Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 179-180. |
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| SDV166610 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX66SW41. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV166611 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. NMR SX6163. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2. |
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| SDV166721 | Correspondence: Department of National Heritage. 1996. Scheduled Monument Consent Letter. Letter. |
| SDV319854 | Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV344030 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2010. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #91492 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV4284 | Part of: Hut circle settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV4285 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV79131 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV79132 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV79133 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV79134 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV79135 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV79136 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
| MDV79137 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement west of Broadall Lake (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 11 2011 3:20PM |
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