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ID:SDV365490
OASIS ID:southwes2-513714
Title:Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey
Originator:Newman, P.
Date:2022
Summary:(May 2022) An archaeological survey of the Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) was commissioned to provide an up to date, geographically and metrically accurate record of heritage assets. Following a desktop survey, fieldwork was undertaken to establish the character and extent of previously recorded archaeological sites and to assess the accuracy of data held by the DNPA HER. Also, to investigate any sites of potential interest revealed through the desktop survey, but not previously recorded. This included any features or insights that may be visible on lidar (Tellus SW 2014), as well as satellite photography. Field survey was carried out using dual-frequency GPS to produce a 1:2500 scale geo-referenced map, to include all known accessible archaeological features within the PAL. These included prehistoric cairns, hut circles, settlements enclosures and reaves; medieval farmsteads, abandoned fi elds and cultivation evidence; tinworking and rabbit warrening from the medieval, post-medieval periods. A number of sites were selected for large-scale survey at scales of 1:200, 1:500 and 1:000, depending on the individual merits of the site. The sites surveyed at large scale are: Brisworthy stone circle and stone row, ten cairns, five enclosed hut circle settlements, individual free-standing hut circles, three medieval farmsteads, and a sample area of tin streamworking. Desktop resources were utilised to provide contextual information including the Devon and Dartmoor HER, cartographic sources, excavation reports of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, material available in journals and books. The reporting stage includes a summary description of archaeology within the PAL, and updated locations, descriptions and comments have been prepared where needed, for insertion into the Devon and Dartmoor HER, included here as a gazetteer (Table 1). All surveyed sites have been output as .shp files at 1:2500 scale for inclusion in the DNPA GIS.

Associated Monuments (90)

MDV50641Bank and hollow south-west of Legis Tor Warren (Monument)
MDV131000Boundary stone on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV131001Boundary stone on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV131002Boundary stone on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV130999Boundary stone on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV3983Brisworthy Stone Circle, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3365Cairn and cist 20 metres south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3987Cairn at the southern end of Ringmoor Down stone row, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3994Cairn north of reave on Ringmoor Down, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV20142Cairn north-east of Brisworthy Plantation on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV29077Cairn on south side of reave on Ringmoor Down, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50632Cairn south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3992Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3993Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV12717Cairn south-east of the Eylesbarrow Reave on Ringmoor Down, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3360Cairn west of Legis Lake, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3424Cairn with cist south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV4015Cairn with cist to the north of Gutter Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV4030Cairn with cist west of Legis Lake, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV4029Circular feature 550 metres north-west of Brisworthy Stone Circle, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3991Cist south-west of Gutter Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV127308Ditches and banks at Legistor Warren, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50627Ditches and banks within Legistor Warren (Monument)
MDV4017Enclosed stone hut settlement south-west of Gutter Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3989Enclosure north-west of Gutter Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3366Enclosure south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50631Enclosure south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3979Enclosure south-west of Legistor Warren, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50626Enclosure with 10 pillow mounds in Legistor Warren (Monument)
MDV22772Enclosure with three huts south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3367Enclosures and hut circles south of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3326Extensive hut circle settlement south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV48901Eylesbarrow Watershed Reave (Monument)
MDV131003Field system on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV50633Fragmentary field system on Legis Tor (Monument)
MDV43600Hut and bank south-west of enclosure south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV43600Hut and bank south-west of enclosure south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV43600Hut and bank south-west of enclosure south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV43600Hut and bank south-west of enclosure south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50643Hut and yard in settlement south of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50640Hut between enclosures, Legistor Warren (Monument)
MDV133016Hut circle associated with complex of settlements, Legistor warren (Monument)
MDV43599Hut circle east of enclosure south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50648Hut circle in settlement south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50652Hut circle in settlement south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV5650Hut circle settlement south-west of Gutter Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3990Hut circle south of settlement south-west of Gutter Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3980Hut circle south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50639Hut east of enclosure south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50651Hut north of enclosure wall within settlement at Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50645Hut south of small enclosure at Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50644Hut south of small enclosure south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV43604Hut with later annexes in settlement south of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV25108Leat channels runing from the Sheepstor Brook and northern flank of Gutter Tor (Monument)
MDV50636Leat south of Legis Tor (Monument)
MDV13243Legis Lake Medieval Settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV13244Legis Tor Medieval Settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV14144Legis Tor Warren (Monument)
MDV50621Medieval or later enclosure south of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV43603Northern of two small hut circles south of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV22774Oval enclosure south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50660Pen or enclosure in prehistoric settlement south-west of Legis Tor (Building)
MDV131005Possible reave on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV128229Possible tor cairn at Legis Tor (Monument)
MDV3422Possible vermin trap by Legis Lake (Monument)
MDV14642Possible vermin trap in enclosure, Legistor Warren (Monument)
MDV25063Ridge and furrow on Lynch Common (Monument)
MDV19760Ring cairn 550 metres north-west of Brisworthy Stone Circle, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV14143Ringmoor Down Medieval Settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3986Ringmoor Down Stone Row, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV28521Ruined building with enclosure south-west of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3976Settlement south-west of Gutter Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV25278Shafts, pits and possible adits on the north-western flank of Gutter Tor (Monument)
MDV133017Shelter on the north side of the River Plym (Monument)
MDV22775Small enclosure with huts Legistor Warren, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50657Small hut south of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50655Southern of two small hut circles south of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV50649Stone piles in settlement south-east of Legis Tor, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV133018Streamworking at Legis Lake (Monument)
MDV50681Structure on the west edge of enclosure south-west of Legis Tor (Monument)
MDV25066Three areas of ridge and furrow on Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV25279Tin pits, shafts and tinners building on the north flank of Gutter Tor (Monument)
MDV131004Tin working on Lynch Common and Ringmoor Down (Monument)
MDV50647Tinner's hut north of the River Plym, Legis Tor Warren (Monument)
MDV50646Tion working remains, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV3408Vermin trap at Legis Tor Warren (Monument)
MDV3421Vermin trap at Legis Tor Warren (Monument)
MDV3394Vermin trap by enclosure at Legis Tor Warren (Monument)
MDV3393Vermin trap immediately south-west of Legis Tor (Monument)
MDV3412Vermin trap in enclosure at Legistor Warren (Monument)
MDV127315Vermin trap in enclosure at Legistor Warren (Monument)
MDV25289Yeoland Consols Tin Mine Leat (Monument)