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HER Number:	MDV5915
Name:	Field system 350 metres north-east of Bellever Tor

Summary

Field system. Not included in 1955 spooner/dixon report. New discovery. Site no.10c in bellever plantation, bellever tor settlement (with sketch map) in dnp field report.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 649 767
Map Sheet:	SX67NW
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Dartmoor Forest
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	LYDFORD

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1018512: A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever Tor

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/53
Old SAM Ref: 28689

Monument Type(s) and Dates

FIELD SYSTEM (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

WITH SKETCH MAP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV248272.

Field system. Not included in 1955 spooner/dixon report. New discovery. Site no.10c in bellever plantation, bellever tor settlement (with sketch map) in dnp field report.

ADAS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV248276.

Vis=14/2/1995 (adas).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV248279.

Dnp/conservation of ancient monuments ms field report(1976).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV248282.

Des=adas record sheet/in smr.

Turner, J. R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV37204.

Vis=-/-/1976 (turner) associated with enclosure wall linking hut-circles 1c 4c 5c 6c 7c 8c and 9c. Not investigated, has been planted over.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 2463-4 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

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

Not visible on 1951 aerial photographs as in wooded area but it may refer to the field system SX67NW/179.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144278 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(08/07/1997) SX 6490 7675 Part of irregular aggregate field system forming part of a prehistoric stone hut circle settlement north of Bellever Tor.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2014, Bellever: An Archaeological Landscape (Leaflet). SDV357070.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2463-4.


SDV248272	Migrated Record: WITH SKETCH MAP.
SDV248276	Report - Survey: ADAS.


SDV248279	Migrated Record:
SDV248282	Migrated Record:
SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 144278.


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.


SDV357070	Leaflet: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 2014. Bellever: An Archaeological Landscape. Dartmoor National Park Authority Publication. A5 Stapled.


SDV37204	Migrated Record: Turner, J. R..

Associated Monuments

MDV115470	Parent of: Yard between hut circles on Bellever Tor, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV52774	Related to: Bronze Age Settlement to north of Bellever Tor (Monument)
MDV59149	Related to: Enclosure north-east of Bellever Tor, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV7388 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
EDV7000 - Excavation of yard between two hut circles at Bellever Tor (2011) (Ref: ACD308/1/0)
EDV7406 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

Date Last Edited:	Jan 31 2023 12:04PM

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