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Summary

Northern of three enclosures north of Ford Waste of 20 metres by 15 metres with a bank 1 metre wide and 0.5 metres high with a hut circle attached to the south side

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012799: The northern 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/270
• Old SAM County Ref: 443
• Old SAM Ref: 10770
• 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, 30054-5 (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 20 metres by 15 metres.

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

Photograph taken on 14th April 1977.

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

Visible enclosure with hut circle incorporated into perimeter wall.

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

Northern enclosure at 'Ford Brook Lower settlement'. Pound 'C' is little more than a courtyard enclosing a small plot around Hut Circle '6' excluding Hut Circle '7' on the edge of the outcrop.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012799 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This enclosure, the northern of three north of Ford Waste, consists of a curving bank with a hut circle attached to it and a wide opening to the south-west. It lies in an area of natural boulders and measures some 20 metres north/south by 15 metres east/west, defined by a bank of earth and stone over a metre in width and up to 0.5 metres in height. The hut circle is attached to the southern bank and is 9 metres in diameter with walls 1 metre in thickness and 0.5 metres in height and a probable entrance to the south.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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