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| HER Number: | MDV3775 |
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| Name: | Routrundle South Pound, Walkhampton |
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Summary
The size and shape of the field is suggestive of an ancient enclosure which was appropriated at a later date as a small, ready-made newtake.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 552 717 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57SE53
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440181
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/35
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
- POUND (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monument Record, 18/04/1976, SX5571, SX5571/1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV272302.
Worth, R. H., 1943, The Prehistoric Pounds of Dartmoor, 282, Fig. 14 (Article in Serial). SDV320337.
Worth, R. H., 1947, Prehistoric Tavistock, 138 (Article in Serial). SDV341113.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4441-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE53 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV272231.
(28/08/1950) Routrundle South Pound, area 0.296 hectares, located circa 185 metres south-west of the northern pound. Contains no hut circle. These pounds have been appropriated at a later date as small, ready- made newtakes.
The plan of this field is suggestive of an ancient enclosure and two circular cropmarks appear within it on aerial photographs although there is no trace of hut circles.
Worth, R. H., 1953, Dartmoor, 142, 153-4 plan (Monograph). SDV231148.
A prehistoric pound 600ft south west of a similar pound (SX 57 SE 52) (at SX 55257172). Now integrated with the present field system (Plan).
Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/F62/58/6399, F6258/6399/044-45 (Aerial Photograph). SDV272301.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE53 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV276091.
(25/06/1980. A roughly oval field with diameters of 58.0 metres by 64.0 metres and a modern perimeter wall 1.5 metres high. There are no obvious footings of a previous wall but the plan and size (0.25 hectares) suggest that it is the fossilization of a prehistoric enclosure similar to that 250 metres to the north-east. Indicated on 1:2500 plan for archaeological records and on 1:10 000 MSD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible and recorded.
Griffith, F. M., 1988, DAP/JZ, 5-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV241570.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 42, Map 45 (Monograph). SDV137656.
The present fields have been cleared but two of them at least preserve the ancient roughly circular shape of the prehistoric pounds which preceded them.
Watts, S., 23/12/2013, Routrundle Pounds (Personal Comment). SDV355385.
Both north and south pounds are similar in size and shape to Cornish rounds which are Iron Age/Romano British in date.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 42, Map 45. |
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| SDV231148 | Monograph: Worth, R. H.. 1953. Dartmoor. Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 142, 153-4 plan. |
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| SDV241570 | Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1988. DAP/JZ. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 5-6. |
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| SDV272231 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX57SE53. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV272301 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1964. RAF/F62/58/6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). F6258/6399/044-45. |
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| SDV272302 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 18/04/1976. SX5571. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. SX5571/1. |
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| SDV276091 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1980. SX57SE53. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4441-2. |
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| 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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| SDV320337 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1943. The Prehistoric Pounds of Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 75. A5 Hardback. 282, Fig. 14. |
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| SDV341113 | Article in Serial: Worth, R. H.. 1947. Prehistoric Tavistock. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 79. A5 Hardback. 138. |
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| SDV355385 | Personal Comment: Watts, S.. 23/12/2013. Routrundle Pounds. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV12827 | Related to: Routrundle Farmstead, Walkhampton (Monument) |
| MDV105688 | Related to: Routrundle North Pound, Walkhampton (Monument) |
| MDV12826 | Related to: Streamworks in woodland to south-east of Eggworthy, Walkhampton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 12 2022 11:15AM |
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