Archerton Settlement
Database entries
OS Map: SX 641 788
OS Source: Estimate
HER: MDV5931
Megalithic Portal: 42727
Alternate name: Archerton
Short Name: ST:Archerton
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Hut Class: No
Lidar: SX 641 788
Guide Map: 28
Nearest Bus Stop: Postbridge Post Office (0.8 km) [Route: 98,171]
Nearby sites: SX 641 788
Notes
An oval pound now planted with trees. Rowe noted remains of banks and a hut within the enclosure. Prowse mentions traceable sub-division banks with distinct evidence of nine hut circles and a further one, ten yards diameter, "close outside on the east". See: T.D.A. Vol. 23 pp.311-12References
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.
- Prowse, Arthur B., The Ancient Metropolis of Dartmoor, T.D.A. Vol.23 pp.307-14 (1891)