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Monument Number 1044930
Hob Uid: 1044930
Location : Devon Teignbridge Manaton
Grid Ref : SX7473778740
Summary : A small sub-circular enclosure which is probably of Bronze Age date. It is visible as an earthwork on visualisations of Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2021 and was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project.
More information : Pound (1) Centred SX 74747874. A small sub-circular enclosure on the gentle E slope of Houndtor Down 70m NW of Greator Rocks. The feature possesses a level interior 17m E to W by 11m. Turf and stone banks on average 2.0m wide and 0.7m high mark the W, N and E sides while the S edge is formed by a stoney scarp. There are no recognisable internal features and no obvious entrance though two gaps in its perimeter are used by a modern footpath. A medieval or later field wall incorporates much of the W side of this enclosure. A further stoney scarp runs SW from the enclosure and possibly marks an adjoining contemporary feature while a scarp to the SE is probably related to the post-medieval ploughing in this area. Depicted and described by Butler 1991, map 8. (1-3) The Bronze Age enclosure is visible as an earthwork on visualisations of Environment Agency 1m Lidar data flown in 2021 and was mapped from aerial sources in 2023 during the Historic England Dartmoor-Plym project. It is within scheduled monument NHLE 1016255. (4)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Brandon P F 1979 The Medieval Fields in Beresford, G Three Deserted Medieval Settlements on Dartmoor: A Report on the late E Marie Minter's Excavations Medieval Archaeology 150-52
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Probert S A J Riley H M 6-FEB-1995 RCHME Field Investigation
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : Butler J 1991 Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities Vol 1 The East
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Source Number : 4
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Source details : LIDAR Environment Agency DSM 11-APR-2021
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Enclosure
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SX 77 NW 94
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External Cross Reference Source : OASIS ID
External Cross Reference Number : nmr1-512111
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 28786
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Relationship type : Is referred to by

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Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1994-05-01
End Date : 1995-03-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1044930