Brown Heath Enclosed Settlement
Photo taken on 19-03-2016
Database entries
OS Map: SX 64080 65389
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV5135
Megalithic Portal: 14936
Alternate name: Brown Heath
Short Name: ES Brown Heath
DPD page: 74
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Barrow Report: 38
Lidar: SX 64080 65389
Nearest Bus Stop: Cornwood Crossways (6.8 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 64080 65389
Notes
"A fine example of an enclosure. The walling consisting of very large stones reaching a height of one metre. It contains three hut circles and a number of courts situated mainly on its north and western sides. There is no obvious entrance." Lethbridge p. 74, diagram p.71. Hook Lake on Megalithic Portal.References
These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.
- Bate, C Spence, On the Prehistoric Antiquities of Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.4 pp.491-516 (1871)
- Newman, Phil, The Upper Erme Valley Dartmoor National Park Devon An Archaeological Survey, Southwest Landscape Investigations (2018)
- Worth, R. Hansford, Barrow Report 38, T.D.A. Vol.51 p.79 (1919)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Prehistoric Pounds of Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.75 pp.273-302 (1943)
- Worth, R. Hansford, The Stone Rows of Dartmoor Part 1, T.D.A. Vol.78 pp.285-316 (1946)