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Summary

Enclosure 'C' of 214 metres by 164 metres with walls 2.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high between a field wall and a boundary reave within settlement on Nattor Down. It surrounds a row of four hut circles

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008712: An enclosure boundary wall, thirteen stone hut circles and a round cairn on Nattor Down and Hamlyn's Newtake

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/28/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22249
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SW8

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX58SW8, SX58SW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV214691.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133074 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Length of boundary wall situated on the west-facing slope of Nattor Down. It denotes the higher edge of a substantial enclosed area. The boundary includes an 1150 metres long, 2.5 meters wide and 0.5 metres high rubble bank, with a 55 meters wide entrance gap midway along its length. The enclosure (of which this item is only one edge) has minimum dimensions of 730 metres east to west by 770 metres north to south. The size and shape of the entrance suggests that this enclosure was constructed to hold livestock, and its size reflects the need for substantial grazing.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 98-100, Map 32, Figure 32.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Enclosure 'C' at Nattor Down settlement is mostly an insignificant arc of slabs attached to the Willsworthy Brook boundary reave but not traceable within the newtake. Several small circular areas levelled into the hillside can be found within the boundary but no definite remains of huts.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Boundaries shown on survey.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England, 1008712 (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

This monument includes an enclosure boundary wall situated on the west facing slope of Nattor Down and Hamlyn's Newtake overlooking the valley of the Willsworthy Brook.

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

Some of the boundary visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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