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Summary

Low bank, 1 to 2 metres wide and 0.6 metre high, follows a sinuous course for 30 metres southwards

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Walling and earthworks of a Bronze Age enclosure, hut circles and cairns, part of a dispersed group of Bronze Age monuments on Petertavy Great Common
• Scheduled Monument 1011498: Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 140m east of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: 919265
• National Record of the Historic Environment: SX57NW141
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/185
• Old SAM Ref: 22235

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC? (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• BANK (EARTHWORK) (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC? (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(13/09/1991) A low bank, 1m to 2m wide and 0.6m, follows a sinuous course for 30m southwards from the second structure towards a small cairn (SX 57 NW 94). It is possible that further features are concealed by the hummocky nature of ground in the immediate vicinity. A second small cairn lies close by (SX 57 NW 124).
It is unlikely that structures of this sort were utilised for aynthing other than seasonal or temporary occupation and shelter.
See RCHME Cox Tor Survey (1/2500 scale).

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

(1992) Sub-rectangular enclosure defined by two clearance cairns and lengths of rubble bank. Measures 32m by 38m. Defined by rubble bank 2m wide, 0.6m high. Cairns at north-east and south-east corners. Associated with hut circles SX57NW-204.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 84, Map 31 (Monograph). SDV219155.

A semi-circular wall about 10 metres long runs between two rock piles. Its commanding position gives the impression of being a lookout.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011498 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes two small stone hut circles and a sub-rectangular enclosure defined by two clearance cairns and lengths of rubble bank, on the east-facing slope below Cox Tor. The enclosure lies to the south- east of the huts, measures 32 metres by 38 metres and is defined by a rubble wall 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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