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Summary

Boundary bank within unenclosed hut settlement. Measures 36 metres in length, curving in a south-south-westerly direction. Measures 2.5 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. The southern end forms a lynchet 2.8 metres wide, 0.4 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011177: Nine huts, five post-medieval shelters and a field boundary forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1180m south of North Hessary Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/1/10
• Old SAM Ref: 22324

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130654, 8/10/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Boundary bank within unenclosed hut settlement. Measures 36 metres in length, 2.5 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. Leads from hut (MPP 130644; MDV3700) curving in a south-south-westerly direction. The southern end forms a lynchet 2.8 metres wide, 0.4 metres high. This bank forms the northern extent of a field system now visible only as lengths of fragmentary walling and areas of cleared stone.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Linear feature visible on the aerial photography.

Derry, C., 2018, MDV50224 (Photograph). SDV362789.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 26/12/2018. Entire bank is visible as a low grassy mound. See photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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