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Summary

Very small terraces only a few centimetres in depth with widths of 9 to 15m. Near them are indiscriminately scattered heaps of stones, some in line and roughly parallel to the terraces. Vis=25/5/1978(os) similar terraces lie at sx696789, see sx67ne/92. Possibly iron age. Vis=6/3/1986 (robinson) fmw visit. Vis=6/8/1986 (robinson) fmw visit. Vis=smc granted for the backfilling of a hole in building 8 (dnh:29/11/1994).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021394: Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE46
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442494
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/91
• Old SAM County Ref: 518

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Iron Age - 700 BC? (Between) to 42 AD? (Between))
• FIELD SYSTEM (Constructed, Iron Age - 700 BC? (Between) to 42 AD? (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313435.

Osa=sx67ne46/map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313436.

Osa=sx67ne4/c.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313437.

Dnh/smc letter/(29/11/1994)/in smr. Vis=smc granted for the backfilling of a hole in building 8 (dnh:29/11/1994).

Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV313438.

Nar=sx67ne111.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV313440.

Des=rchme/duchy farms, devon.

Shorter, A. H., 1938, Ancient Fields in Manaton Parish, 184-6 (Article in Serial). SDV289514.

Very small terraces only a few centimetres in depth with widths of 9 to 15m. Near them are indiscriminately scattered heaps of stones, some in line and roughly parallel to the terraces.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX67NE46 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV313439.

(25/05/1978) At C (SX 699792) are very small terraces only a few inches in depth with widths of 32 to 50 feet. Near them are indiscriminately scattered heaps of stones, some in line and roughly parallel to the terraces, about 3 feet diameter and 18 inches high.
At E (SX 696789) similar terraces are being destroyed by pasturing (see sx67ne/92). Possibly Iron Age.

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

This is not visible on the RAF 1950 aerial photographs.

Robinson, R., 1986, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1986 (Un-published). SDV345664.

Vis=6/3/1986 (robinson) fmw visit. Vis=6/8/1986 (robinson) fmw visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey

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