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HER Number: | MDV50684 |
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Name: | Enclosure 'C' within settlement on Nattor Down, Peter Tavy |
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Summary
Enclosure 'C' of 214 metres by 164 metres with walls 2.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high between a field wall and a boundary reave within settlement on Nattor Down. It surrounds a row of four hut circles
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 543 832 |
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Map Sheet: | SX58SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/28/1
- Old SAM Ref: 22249
- Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX58SW8
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX58SW8, SX58SW8 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV214691.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133074 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Length of boundary wall situated on the west-facing slope of Nattor Down. It denotes the higher edge of a substantial enclosed area. The boundary includes an 1150 metres long, 2.5 meters wide and 0.5 metres high rubble bank, with a 55 meters wide entrance gap midway along its length. The enclosure (of which this item is only one edge) has minimum dimensions of 730 metres east to west by 770 metres north to south. The size and shape of the entrance suggests that this enclosure was constructed to hold livestock, and its size reflects the need for substantial grazing.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 98-100, Map 32, Figure 32.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Enclosure 'C' at Nattor Down settlement is mostly an insignificant arc of slabs attached to the Willsworthy Brook boundary reave but not traceable within the newtake. Several small circular areas levelled into the hillside can be found within the boundary but no definite remains of huts.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.
Boundaries shown on survey.
English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England, 1008712 (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.
This monument includes an enclosure boundary wall situated on the west facing slope of Nattor Down and Hamlyn's Newtake overlooking the valley of the Willsworthy Brook.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Some of the boundary visible on aerial photograph.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV214691 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950/1979. SX58SW8. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. SX58SW8. |
SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 98-100, Map 32, Figure 32.2. |
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SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 133074. |
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SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. |
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SDV357602 | National Heritage List for England: English Heritage. 2015. National Heritage List for England. Historic Houses Register. Digital. 1008712. |
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SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments
MDV133759 | Related to: Enclosure 'A' within settlement and field system on Nattor Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
MDV133761 | Related to: Enclosure 'B' within settlement and field system on Nattor Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
MDV3215 | Related to: Enclosure 'D' and hut circles on Nattor Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
MDV50695 | Related to: Hut circles within Enclosure 'C' at settlement on Nattor Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
- EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
- EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
Date Last Edited: | Jan 18 2023 9:53AM |
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