Newleycombe Lake Head Enclosed Settlement
Database entries
OS Map: SX 5959 6985
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV3427
Alternate name: Newleycombe Lake Head
Short Name: ES:Newleycombe
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: Sandy
Lidar: SX 5959 6985
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (4.8 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 5959 6985
Notes
HER: Agglomerate enclosure straddling a shallow north-facing valley overlooking Newleycombe Lake. Composed of three conjoined enclosures defined by a partly faced rubble wall measuring 1.5 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres high. Interior of the southern enclosure measures 80 metres north-south by 90 metres east-west and the north-west enclosure, which is sub-triangular in shape, measures 44 metres north-south by 37 metres east-west. The original dimensions of the third enclosure are no longer discernible following later tin streamworking which has removed part of its extent. There are three gaps in the boundary which may represent original entrances, though it is possible that they may be the result of limited post-medieval stone robbing.Three stone hut circles lie within the largest enclosure, three further examples are attached to the inner face of the boundary and one is linked to the same wall. Another hut is linked to the sub-triangular enclosure boundary wall.
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.3: The South-West, (1994)
- Gerrard, Sandy, English Heritage Book of Dartmoor: Landscapes Through Time, (1997)
- Greeves, T, Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Condition Survey, (2012)