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HER Number: | MDV50101 |
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Name: | Enclosure attached to reave 180 metres north-north-east of Leather Tor |
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Summary
A sub-rectangular enclosure, measuring 9.0 metres east-west by 8.0 metres north-south internally. Rubble bank wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. Attached to a fragment of Leather Tor reave. Hut circle built across northern line of wall.A sub-rectangular enclosure, measuring 9.0 metres east-west by 8.0 metres north-south internally. Rubble bank wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. Attached to a fragment of Leather Tor reave. Hut circle built across northern line of wall.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 563 701 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57SE149
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 966512
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/329
- Old SAM Ref: 20295
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130664, 02/06/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(SX 5630 7015) A sub-rectangular enclosure, measuring 9.0 metres east-west by 8.0 metres north-south internally. Rubble bank wall 1.4 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. Attached to a fragment of Leather Tor reave. Hut circle built across northern line of wall.
Compass survey by S. Gerrard and T. Greeves, 19/03/1992.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-68 (Worksheet). SDV362781.
(22/07/2020) Reave and associated features visited and recorded in project. Condition assessed by volunteer recorder as good; although vegetation encroachment is affecting site. Cattle, sheep and ponies are free to roam over this ground, but appear to be causing little visible damage. Site lies in area of dense clitter and is covered In bracken; the enclosure wall could not be detected.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 13/10/2021 (Website). SDV364039.
(SX 56307015) Enclosure, hut circle length of reave.
the monument includes a sub-rectangular enclosure, a stone hut circle and a length of reave.
The interior of the enclosure measures 9m E-W by 8m N-S and is defined by a rubble bank 1.4m and 0.3m high. The enclosure is attached to a length of the Leather Tor reave which survives as a 40m long, 4.5m wide and 0.8m high rubble bank. The hut circle comprises a stone and earth wall 1.1m wide and 0.5m high, with an internal area 3.5m in diameter, the doorway faces SSE (citing English Heritage Ancient Monuments Amendment, 23/09/1993).
Sources / Further Reading
SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 130664, 02/06/1992. |
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SDV362781 | Worksheet: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording forms. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. WLK-68. |
SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 13/10/2021. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV50103 | Related to: Hut circle in enclosure on reave north-north-east of Leather Tor (Monument) |
MDV50102 | Related to: Length of reave north of Leather Tor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Oct 13 2021 9:03AM |
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