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Summary

Enclosure of roughly 40 metres square with walls 2 metres wide and by 0.4 metres high within the settlement south-west of White Tor Camp. The north and east sides of this squarish enclosure (with sides of circa 40 metres) are formed by the steep slopes of a natural rock outcrop, with traces of walling along the north side only. The south and west sides are clearly visible, the rubble wall averaging 2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high, but gapped and intermittent at the entrance to the east and substantially higher around the south-west corner where there is an external scarp 1 metre high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011450: Hut circle settlement, fields and enclosures 270m south-west of White Tor
• SHINE: Stone walls of a Bronze Age settlement, comprising hut circles and enclosures on west side of White Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW64
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/117/11
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Pattison, P., 1988, Duchy Farms Survey (includes Cuddliptown Down) (Report - Survey). SDV226221.

Visited on 24th April 1988. Enclosure "M". The north and east sides of this squarish enclosure (with sides of circa 40 metres) are formed by the steep slopes of a natural rock outcrop, with traces of walling along the north side only. The south and west sides are clearly visible, the rubble wall averaging 2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high, but gapped and intermittent at the entrance to the east and substantially higher around the south-west corner where there is an external scarp 1 metre high. At this point the scarp has been revetted by stonework, now very patchy. This scarping has the effect of raising the interior of the enclosure so that it overlooks enclosure "L". A hut circle illustrated by at SX54087850 on the enclosure perimeter could not be found; only a scatter of small-size, cleared stone could be seen immediately east of its position and outside the enclosure.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 91-92, Map 31, Figure 31.7 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Southern half of enclosure shown at Site '10' to the south-west of 'White Tor Fort'.

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

Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011450 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

The stone hut circles lie within a field system including four fields defined by rubble wall boundaries which are 2 metres wide on average and stand up to 0.7 metres high.

National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data (Cartographic). SDV364293.

Enclosure depicted on NMR identification layers, although is positioned slightly north of where it can be seen on aerial photographic sources.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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