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| HER Number: | MDV6710 |
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| Name: | Earthwork enclosure at West Vitifer Mine, Chagford |
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Summary
Possible earthwork enclosure at West Vitifer Mine shown on 19th century map
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 679 827 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68SE75
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 443875
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/123
- Old SAM Ref: 28728
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EARTHWORK (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 02/07/1964, F64 6399 (Aerial Photograph). SDV244309.
SX 6790 8275: Crop mark of a small rectilinear enclosure containing a rectangular earth platform.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Horseshoe shaped earthwork in a rectilinear enclosure shown on 19th century map.
Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.
Horseshoe shaped earthwork shown on early 20th century map.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on aerial photos.
Passmore, A. J., 1997, Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape, Figure 7 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV360382.
Several earthwork features shown to the south-east of the three buddles at 'New Vitifer Mine'.
Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.
Feature shown on modern mapping.
National Monument Record, 2018, Pastscape, 443875, SX68SE75 (Website). SDV360651.
Appears to lie within scheduled area SAM 28728 'three agglomerated enclosures containing stone hut circles, a cairn cemetery, post-medieval fields and tinworks on Chagford Common'.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV244309 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 02/07/1964. F64 6399. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. |
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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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| SDV325644 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #111593 ] |
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| SDV360382 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Passmore, A. J.. 1997. Boveycombehedd, Chagford, Devon: an archaeological investigation of a Diachronic landscape. King Alfred's College, Winchester. A4 Comb Bound. Figure 7. |
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| SDV360651 | Website: National Monument Record. 2018. Pastscape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk. Website. 443875, SX68SE75. |
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| SDV360652 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2018. MasterMap 2018. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6682 | Related to: West Vitifer Mine, Chagford (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7505 - Boveycombehedd, Chagford: An Archaeological Investigation of a Diachronic Landscape
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 27 2022 2:29PM |
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