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Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot

England
List entry 1011233
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011233
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.41 hectares
Grid reference
SX 56202 84257
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot is a prehistoric settlement comprising multiple stone-built structures situated in Devon. The site consists of a cluster of hut circles enclosed within a boundary bank or wall, representing a domestic settlement pattern characteristic of the Bronze Age or Iron Age period in southwest England. The stone foundations of individual circular dwellings survive as visible earthworks, indicating a community settlement rather than isolated habitation. Such enclosed hut circle settlements are important archaeological evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement organisation, domestic architecture, and land use in Devonshire.

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011233. View the official record →

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What is Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot?

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot is a prehistoric settlement comprising multiple stone-built structures situated in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011233.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot?

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011233.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A ring cairn on Longash Common lying 400m south east of Merrivale Bridge (9.5 km), A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 870m ESE of Merrivale Bridge (9.5 km), A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 980m ESE of Merrivale Bridge (9.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A ring cairn on Longash Common lying 400m south east of Merrivale Bridge
9.5 km
A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 870m ESE of Merrivale Bridge
9.5 km
A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 980m ESE of Merrivale Bridge
9.6 km
Round cairn 560m south east of Little Staple Tor
9.6 km
Three stone alignments, ten cairns, three stone hut circles and a length of the Great Western Reave on Longash Common
9.6 km
A stone circle, standing stone, cairn, recumbent stone and stone alignment on Longash Common
9.7 km
Partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, two cairns and a route marker 325m north west of Yellowmeade Farm
9.8 km
Ring cairn 920m south west of Little Staple Tor
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot

Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 260m north of Deadlake Foot

ExeterRoman town · ~22.7 miles
Domesday entry for Willsworthy, Devon →
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