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HER Number:MDV48884
Name:Oval enclosure within Shaugh Moor field system, Shaugh Prior

Summary

Oval enclosure to the south-east of Hawks Tor within Shaugh Moor field system

Location

Grid Reference:SX 554 623
Map Sheet:SX56SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishShaugh Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSHAUGH PRIOR

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/140

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX5562 (Aerial Photograph). SDV152746.

Photogrpah taken on 21st April 1980.

Collis, J., 1983, Field Systems and Boundaries on Shaugh Moor and at Wotter, Dartmoor, 50, 59, Figures 2 & 4 (Article in Serial). SDV144058.

Enclosure 'D'. Stones up to 1.0 metres high. No entrance. Boulders in interior. Partly robbed. Probably part of earliest phase of Wotter Moor field system.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Oval enclosure shown to the south-east of Hawks Tor with two hut cricles to the north.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Oval enclosure shown on suvey.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4.
SDV144058Article in Serial: Collis, J.. 1983. Field Systems and Boundaries on Shaugh Moor and at Wotter, Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 41. A5 Paperback. 50, 59, Figures 2 & 4.
SDV152746Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. NMR SX5562. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper).
SDV319854Cartographic: 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.
SDV345521Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #129855 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV2591Related to: Medieval field system north of Wotter (Monument)
MDV2590Related to: Shaugh Moor parallel reave field system (Monument)
MDV67979Related to: Two hut circles south-east of Hawks Tor, Shaugh Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4967 - Survey of Shaugh Moor

Date Last Edited:Apr 21 2021 11:09AM