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Summary

An irregularly shaped enclosure of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date has been identified by field and aerial survey on the south-west facing slopes east of Cholwich Town Clay Works. The enclosure is part of a wider field system and hut circle settlement. The enclosure is most clearly identifiable from visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE133
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439486
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/59

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Enclosure shown on early 20th century map.

Ashbrook, K., 1978, Enclosure east of Clay Works (Site Visit). SDV167443.

Prehistoric pound sited near the south-west boundary wall of a field north east of Parkland. This newtake also includes monuments numbered 60 and 61 on Bob Silvester's list of 22 July 1977. Approximately half of the pound is clearly visible in this newtake, but the newtake wall has cut across it. Traces of the rest of the pound are still visible in the wood to the south. One hut is visible on the east side of the pound in the portion to the north of the boundary wall, but it is possible that there are traces of other huts in the wood.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX56SE133 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV167444.

(25/09/1980) At SX 595?16180, on the north-east side of a modern field wall, is the remains of an enclosed hut circle on a south-west slope.
The hut is of Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71), much robbed, with an internal diameter of 4.7m and double-faced walling on the upper side, 1.3m wide, just protruding through the turf.
The enclosure, truncated by the modern wall, is now of about .06 hectares and formed by large boulders and slabs (see ground photograph). The interior has not been cleared of stone but externally on the north-east a build-up of soil has reached the top of the perimeter boulders, a height of 0.8m (see ground photograph).
Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not recorded.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 175-6, Map 52, Figure 52.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Semi-circular enclosure with two internal hut circles within Settlement 'C ' at 'Parkland enclosures'.

Berry, N. + Simmonds, T., 1996, An Archaeological Survey of Boro Wood (SX7571), Erme Wood (SX6357), Wistmans Wood (SX6177) and Newpark Waste (SX5961), 36, NW43 (Report - Survey). SDV360518.

SX5958 6187 - Settlement and field system.
Prehistoric terraced fields and settlement enclosure, east of Parkland, approximately along the 860 foot contour.
Main feature is a prehistoric enclosure cut by later east-west (probably post-medieval) wall. Dimensions approximately 35.0 metres east-west and 45 metres north-south. Northern half of the enclosure is marked on the map, and is relatively well-preserved. Contains a hut circle 6.0 metres in diameter in the north-eastern corner.
The south part of the enclosure (within the survey area) is less visible. The western boundary of the enclosure continues downslope, with banks / walls joining from east and west forming a series of roughly parallel terraced fields along the contours immediately below the later post-medieval wall, joining another associated enclosure and fields (to the west).
Map object based on this source.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5961 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

Linear and curvilinear banks are identifiable.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

An irregularly shaped enclosure approximately 35m long and 28m wide, defined by earthwork banks 2.5 to 3m wide, is identifiable on visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 under tree cover on the south-west facing slopes east of Cholwich Town.
The enclosure is part of the wider settlement and associated field system of probable Bronze Age to Iron Age date, recorded as MDV79188.
The enclosure and wider field system are aligned roughly north-west to south-east along the combe slope.
The prehistoric settlement system was partly incorporated into a later, medieval or post-medieval field system. A boundary probably associated with this later system appears to bisect the prehistoric enclosure, close to its south-eastern boundary.
A hut circle (MDV79192) is recorded within the enclosure.
The enclosure has been transcribed as part of MDV79189.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

'Homestead' shown on modern mapping

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7444 - Survey of Newpark Waste and Boro, Erme and Wistmans Woods
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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