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Summary

Agglomerated enclosure forming part of a discrete concentration of structures which together with other nucleations form a large settlement complex. The primary element of the enclosure survives as a 58 metres by 56 metres irregular shaped area defined by a 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high rubble bank wall. The secondary element is attached to the south-east side, but true character and extent is unknown because it survives largely as a buried feature and is indicated only by a 50 metre length of boundary wall leading off from the south-east corner of the primary element.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015760: A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/52
• Old SAM Ref: 28800(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, SX6291, No Photo ref given (Aerial Photograph). SDV271271.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/138, 5439 (Aerial Photograph). SDV238391.

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

Hut circles visible on the aerial photographs. Three irregular enclosures are visible here, with an ovoid enclosure (fragmentary) at SX 6288 9135. It is possible that there is some confusion between these 'enclosures' and the 'hut circles' (or some of them).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140784 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1996) SX 6285 9121. Agglomerated enclosure forming part of a discrete concentration of structures which together with other nucleations form a large settlement complex. The primary element of the enclosure survives as a 58m by 56m irregular shaped area defined by a 2m wide and 0.6m high rubble bank wall. The secondary element is attached to the south-east side, but true character and extent is unknown because it survives largely as a buried feature and is indicated only by a 50m length of boundary wall leading off from the south-east corner of the primary element.
A hut circle (see related record) is linked to the northern length of the primary enclosure walling.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 200-202, Map 40, Figure 40.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

A very overgrown multiple enclosure with nine huts. The circuit wall has disappeared in places and the hut are no more than low circular banks.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362957.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1015760 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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