Dockwell Ridge (East) Enclosed Settlement
Database entries
OS Map: SX 69713 64084
OS Source: Google
HER: MDV5811
Alternate name: Dockwell Ridge (East)
Short Name: ES:Dockwell
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Sandy
Lidar: SX 69713 64084
Nearest Bus Stop: South Brent Pool Park (5.5 km) [Route: 38]
Nearby sites: SX 69713 64084
Notes
HER: On a slight north east slope at 269.0 metres OD in bracken and scrub is a sub-circular featureless enclosure measuring internally 66.0 metres north-south by 63.0 metres transversely. There are three 2.0 metre gaps in the west side but it is uncertain which, if any, is original since all are close together. The walling is of rubble and earth construction, and now measures 1.5 metres to 4.5 metres wide, its narrowest part being on the west where there is an inner facing of slabs. On the lower east side the perimeter is demarcated by a lynchet 1.5 metres wide and 0.6 metres high.See diagram 28 on p49 Gerrard (1997). The diagram also includes two further enclosures to the west, see HER entries MDV5809 and MDV5810
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.
- Butler, Jeremy, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities, vol.4: The South-East, (1993)
- Gerrard, Sandy, English Heritage Book of Dartmoor: Landscapes Through Time, (1997)