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Summary

A circular feature consisting of an eastern bank surrounding a sunken area. Possibly modern and of military origin.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW84
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442745
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/99

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• EARTHWORK (Constructed, Early 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1901 AD (Between) to 1979 AD (Between))
• PIT (Constructed, Early 20th Century to Late 20th Century - 1901 AD (Between) to 1979 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF 58/6399, 030-31 (Aerial Photograph). SDV225229.

Circular mark at SX 6356 7738. Possibly a hut circle.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX67NW84, photo (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV249104.

(04/12/1979) On the lower western slope of Lakehead Hill beside the road is a pit 6.9 metres in diameter and 1 metres deep with a complete earthen rim 1.3 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. It appears to be fairly modern and may be a quarry pit. No survey action.

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

Not recorded.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(21/07/1989) A circular feature consisting of an eastern bank surrounding a sunken area at SX 6356 7738 on a gentle slope. A circular bank of earth and some stone, 1.5 metres wide, surrounds a sunken area 4.5 metres across. This area is flat-bottomed and terraced into the slope to a depth of 0.7-0.9 metres below the bank crest. Externally the bank is 0.5 metres high. Internally the slope is sharp, externally it is more gentle. This feature is not just a pit or quarry; it is too regular and deliberate. Its situation is noteworthy, on the end of slight bluff at the west end of Lakehead Hill, with clear views from north east round to south west. It does not resemble any recognised class of prehistoric monument and its state of preservation suggests that it is relatively modern. Function remains unclear.
Just to the south west is a small, subcircular hole 2.5 metres across and 0.6 metres deep with crude stone revettment along its west side. Its purpose is uncertain also. Both are the sort of earthworks which could be associated with military activity.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8645 - Powder Mills and Gawler Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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