LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Devon MDV6880 (None)
NMR: SX 69 SW 13 (444130)
SM: 1003873
NGR: SX604941
X: 260436 Y: 94139 (OSGB36)
Small inland promontory fort located in elevated position at tip of SE-facing spur between the deep wooded ravines of East Okement River and the Moor Brook. Precipitous to to E and S, level to moderate along spur to NW. Curving rampart and ditch cuts off promontory from N-SW, encloses c. 2ha. Simple original entrance mid rampart WNW. Excavation by J. Brailsford for Ministry of Works found bank and ditch details. At S part of entrance rampart, of earth and stone with dry-stone revetment, 8m wide and 2m high. U-shaped outer ditch 6m wide and 2.4m deep. Group of mounds and depressions investigated to W of site and finding nothing were possibly surface quarrying. SE part of site divided from rest by stony scarp - possibly earlier enclosure, but no direct evidence for this. Ridge and furrow traces in S interior. Rough moorland grass and scrub. Wooded slopes to E and S. Well preserved. N half enclosed by wall 1885-1905 with much plough damage. On 1st Ed. OS map (1885). Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -442934 Y: 6573671 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.9789441843796527 Latitude: 50.7299953921103 (EPSG:4326)
Country: England; None
Current County or Unitary Authority: Devon
Historic County: Devon
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Okehampton Hamlets; Belstone
Well-preserved. Possibly surface quarrying. N half enclosed by wall 1885-1905 with much plough damage. Vegetation management in past on behalf of Dartmoor National Park Authority.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Rough moorland grass, bracken and scrub. Wooded slopes to E and S. Few scattered trees.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✓ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Small inland promontory fort located in elevated position at tip of SE-facing spur between the deep wooded ravines of East Okement River and the Moor Brook. Precipitous to to E and S, moderate along spur to NW.
| Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✓ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✗ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✓ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Spur
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 309.0m
Boundary Type: Parish/Townland
None.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | Ridge and furrow in S part of interior - could be medieval? |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1885). Excavated J. Brailsford Ministry of Works 1938. Field Investigation S.A.J. Probert English Heritage 2000.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885): | OS map. |
| Excavation (1938): | J. Brailsford Ministry of Works. |
| Other (2000): | Field Investigation S.A.J. Probert English Heritage. |
Ridge and furrow traces in S interior.
None
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Ridge and furrow traces in S interior.
| No Known Features | ✗ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✓ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Finds | ✓ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Simple original entrance mid rampart on WNW.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (West): | None |
Curving rampart and ditch cuts off promontory from N-SW. Simple original entrance mid rampart WNW. Excavation by J. Brailsford for Ministry of Works 1939 found bank and ditch details. At S part of entrance rampart, of earth and stone with dry-stone revetment, 8m wide and 2m high. U-shaped outer ditch 6m wide and 2.4m deep.
| Area 1: | 2.0ha. |
| Total: | 2.0ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
At S part of entrance rampart, of earth and stone with dry-stone revetment, 8m wide and 2m high. U-shaped outer ditch 6m wide and 2.4m deep.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✓ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | U-shaped outer ditch 6m wide and 2.4m deep. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Brailsford, J.W. 1938. Excavations at Oakhampton Park, Devon, Proc. Devon Archaeol. Soc, 3, 86-91.
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