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Summary

A turf-covered stoney bank on average 1.2m wide and 0.3m high in the rough grazing SW of Sherberton Farm.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of potential prehistoric field boundaries south-west of Sherberton Farm, Dartmoor Forest

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SW128
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 912189
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/408

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• 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, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(16/05/1988) SX 64197303 to SX 64117281. A turf-covered stoney bank on average 1.2m wide and 0.3m high in the rough grazing SW of Sherberton Farm. Its N end lies near a kink in a modern field wall which itself may overlie a similar feature. The bank runs down a steep S-facing hillside to a moorland plateau NE of Swincombe Farm where it is eventually submerged by peat.
At SX 64177294 the bank is adjoined by another, similar feature which runs S across the plateau until it too is buried by peat. These banks resemble prehistoric field boundaries though no analogeous features are visible in the immediate area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8632 - Sherberton Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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