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HER Number:MDV60805
Name:Enclosure at Birch Hill Wood, Buckland Filleigh

Summary

A circular hillside enclosure above the Mussel Brook, now part of Birch Hill Wood. There are a number of Hembury place names in the immediate vicinity; the name meaning 'high stronghold'.

Location

Grid Reference:SS 478 089
Map Sheet:SS40NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBuckland Filleigh
DistrictTorridge
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKLAND FILLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SS40NE/74

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CIRCULAR ENCLOSURE (Early Bronze Age to Roman - 2200 BC (Between) to 409 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Recorded as part of Hembury Down Plantation on the Buckland Filleigh Tithe Apportionment (Plot 256).

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One (Monograph). SDV1312.

The name Hembury means high stronghold.

Goodyear, R.I. (AFU), 1990, Placename and possible earthworks (Worksheet). SDV21538.

A circular area of woodland named as Birch Hill Wood. There are no earthworks recorded as such but it lies in the centre of an area with a number of Hembury placenames, the name meaning 'at the high stronghold' (citing Gover et al 1931).

Environment Agency WMS, 2022, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV365447.

The bank and ditch around the circular enclosure show very well on LiDAR data

Ordnance Survey, 2024, Mastermap 2024 (Cartographic). SDV365834.

Circular enclosure forming much of Birch Hill Wood.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1312Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback.
SDV21538Worksheet: Goodyear, R.I. (AFU). 1990. Placename and possible earthworks. Worksheet + Digital.
SDV359954Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV365447Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2022. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2022 - 1m. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital.
SDV365834Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2024. Mastermap 2024. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #142484 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV15905Related to: Embury, Buckland Filleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 24 2024 6:21PM