More information : SX 489667 : Earthworks in a field to the east of
Place Barton and to the west of the National Trust car park.
Earthworks concentrated in the south end of the field. Building
Platforms and trackways. (1)
On the slight W. slope of a pasture field beyond which the
ground slopes sharply to Place Barton to the N.W. and Buckland
Abbey to the W, 200m. distant are three platforms and two
terraceways occuring within an area of 0.25 ha. All are poorly
defined, probably as a result of past ploughing. The platforms
are about 0.3m. high and the scarps of the terraces, which are
3m. wide, are less than 0.5m. high. The clearest platform
measures approximately 14m by 10m. internally, another 15m. by
5m., and the third, of triangular plan, has maximum internal
dimensions of 10m. by 7m.
One terrace, at the N.W. extremity, is 10m long and follows the
base of a platform. The other set in an E to W direction is
45m. long and 6m. wide overall, the E half a terrace and the W
half slightly raised. It seems to cut across the northern edge
of the largest platform and could possible represent a
demolished field bank.
The platforms probably incorporated buildings originally, but
whether of medieval or later date is uncertain. No structures
are portrayed on the Tithe Map of 1842 (a). No finds were made.
Surveyed at 1:1000. The survey was based upon one made at a
scale of 1:200 by Dr D.Thackray, National Trust Field Officer,
Saltram, Plymouth. (2)
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