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HER Number:	MDV25920
Name:	Enclosure on Whitchurch Common

Summary

Enclosure visible on aerial at SX 5281 7488 within field system MDV12822 but attached to modern field boundary.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 528 748
Map Sheet:	SX57SW
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Whitchurch
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	WHITCHURCH

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1020089: Eluvial tin streamworks and prehistoric coaxial field system together with other archaeological remains on Whitchurch Common
SHINE: Northern section of the leat that served the medieval manor houses of Grimstone and Sortridge

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SW/91

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX5274, 1/187 (Aerial Photograph). SDV235191.

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

Enclosure visible on aerial at SX 5281 7488 within field system crf: SX57SW/54 but attached to modern field boundary.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (single years) (Aerial Photograph). SDV365735.

Visible on the aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV235191	Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. NMR SX5274. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1/187.


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.


SDV365735	Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (single years). Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #142005 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV15031

Related to: Whitchurch Common settlement and field system (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Jan 8 2024 3:23PM

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