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HER Number:MDV6716
Name:Possible enclosure on the north side of Chagford Common, Chagford

Summary

Possible enclosure on the north side of Chagford Common. Vegetation mark with faint traces of possible hut circles

Location

Grid Reference:SX 678 836
Map Sheet:SX68SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishChagford
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCHAGFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX68SE82
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 443882
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/129
  • Old SAM Ref Revised: 28728

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

RAF, 1964, F65 58 6399 019-20 (Aerial Photograph). SDV244359.

Vegetation mark of a sub-rectangular and a d-shaped enclosure. There are faint traces of possible hut circles within the enclosure.

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

Not visible on aerial photographs.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

Rectilinear feature visible on Lidar data.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV244359Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1964. F65 58 6399 019-20.
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV362956Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #136360 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV27745Related to: Fragment of an enclosure north of Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)
MDV27745Related to: Fragment of an enclosure north of Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)
MDV27745Related to: Fragment of an enclosure north of Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)
MDV27745Related to: Fragment of an enclosure north of Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)
MDV6714Related to: Hurston Ridge Reave on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)
MDV64196Related to: Prehistoric Settlement on Chagford Common, Chagford (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape

Date Last Edited:Apr 27 2022 2:50PM