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| HER Number: | MDV7528 |
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| Name: | Alleged huts and enclosure on Holwell Down |
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Summary
Enclosures / huts recorded in 1822, since this time the greater part of Holwell Down has been brought under cultivation and in the moorland that remains no trace of hut circles or any enclosures were found. No accurate location for this record.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 73 77 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| Civil Parish | Widecombe in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77NW28
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445098
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/88
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX77NW28
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE? (Late Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 701 BC)
- HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Lysons, D. + Lysons, S., 1822, Magna Britannica, 306 (Monograph). SDV323771.
Possible hut circles. Circular enclosures on Holwell Down.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1960, SX77NW28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV298969.
There are some 'small circular enclosures' on Holwell Down. No closer location evidence is given. Appears to refer to hut circles (citing Lysons, 1822).
(11/05/1960) The greater part of Holwell Down has been brought under cultivation and in the moorland that remains, no trace of hut circles or any enclosures were found.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV298969 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1960. SX77NW28. Oakford Archaeology. Card Index. |
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| SDV323771 | Monograph: Lysons, D. + Lysons, S.. 1822. Magna Britannica. Magna Britannica: A Concise Topographical Account of The Several Counties o. 6: Devonshire. Unknown. 306. [Mapped feature: #48143 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 1 2022 3:19PM |
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