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| HER Number: | MDV8212 |
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| Name: | Alleged enclosure, Storms Down |
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Summary
Site of enclosure alleged by Amery (1873).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 775 732 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77SE17
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445228
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/33
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX77SE17
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Former Type) ENCLOSURE? (Unknown date)
Full description
Amery, P. F. S., 1873, Some Hitherto Unrecorded Hillfortresses near Ashburton, 261, map (Article in Serial). SDV164509.
Site of camp on Ashburton and Storms Down. On exposed heath known as Ashburton and Storms Down but formerly as Eastdowne existed within memory of present generation two enclosures each formed by a ditch. The second surrounded the eastern crest on Storms Down.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Victoria County History, 1906, The Victoria History of the County of Devon, 602 (Article in Serial). SDV238214.
The remains of another vallum and fosse 80 feet in length. Class C earthwork - simple defensive enclosure. The remains of a bank and ditch, 80 feet in length, defends the eastern crest of the hill on Storms Down.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX77SE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV306623.
(19/07/1951) no trace however if the remains are slight they may be hidden beneath the dense coverage of bracken and gorse.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on RAF photos.
Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 23/06/2022 (Website). SDV364039.
Amery's map which marks this earthwork at SX 779734 seems to be inaccurately plotted, although based on the first edition OS one-inch map. Storms Down Plantation lies at SX 772727 on OS 6" 1906 so that Storms Down must be the northern spur of Ashburton Down. Possibly the enclosure lay in the vicinity of SX 775732) (unattributed source).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV164509 | Article in Serial: Amery, P. F. S.. 1873. Some Hitherto Unrecorded Hillfortresses near Ashburton. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 6. Digital. 261, map. |
| SDV238214 | Article in Serial: Victoria County History. 1906. The Victoria History of the County of Devon. Victoria History of the County of Devon. 1. Unknown. 602. |
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| SDV306623 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1951. SX77SE17. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV364039 | Website: Historic England. 2021-2022. NRHE to HER website. https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE. Website. Accessed 23/06/2022. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV8210 | Related to: Alleged enclosure, Ashburton Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 23 2022 2:48PM |
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