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Summary

Central of three enclosures north of Ford Waste of 35 metres by 45 metres with a large central hut circle and two small huts on the east side next to the field wall

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012769: The middle one of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
• SHINE: Earthworks and walling of probable medieval field system incorporating Ford Barn and Ford Waste deserted medieval settlements and also several Bronze Age enclosures and hut circles to east of Rook Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW37
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/99
• Old SAM County Ref: 443
• Old SAM Ref: 10768
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Enclosure shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 3054-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1948.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW37, SX66SW37 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV161921.

Visited on 14th July 1979. Enclosure measures 35 metres by 45 metres.

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6061, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV156974.

Photograph taken on 14th Aprl 1977.

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

The enclosure at SX60746194 contains one hut circle.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 182-3, Map 52, Figure 52.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Enclosure 'B' at 'Ford Brook Lower settlement' hs been severely damaged and only half of the perimeter survives around Hut Circle '5'. An entrance is shown on the west side of the enclosure.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England, 1012769 (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

This enclosure lies set into the south-east facing slope north of Ford Waste and consists of a bank up to 2 metres in width and 0. 5metres in height, with some stones standing higher. The bank has been partly robbed of stone near the newtake wall which runs south-east of the enclosure. The enclosure measures some 50 metres east/west by 35 metres north/south and contains one hut circle near the northern bank. The hut circle measures 12 metres in diameter and has walls up to 1.5 metres in thickness and 0.5 metres in height, with a probable entrance to the south and some internal facing.

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

Western half of enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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