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Fice's Well

England
List entry 1002616
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002616
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SX 57731 75867
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fice's Well is a prehistoric well monument located in Devon, England. The site represents evidence of early water management and settlement activity in the region, reflecting the practical engineering solutions employed by ancient communities. The well's construction and use pattern contribute to understanding of prehistoric domestic life and resource exploitation in the Southwest Peninsula during its period of occupation.

Fice's Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002616. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Fice's Well?

Fice's Well is a prehistoric well monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002616.

Who is responsible for protecting Fice's Well?

Fice's Well 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 1002616.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fice's Well?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage (9.8 km), Pillow mound 270m south east of Ditsworthy Warren House forming part of Hentor Warren (9.8 km), Two pillow mounds and a small area of tin streamwork 510m south west of Ditsworthy Warren House forming part of Willings Walls Warren (9.9 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairn south-east of Ringmoor Cottage
9.8 km
Pillow mound 270m south east of Ditsworthy Warren House forming part of Hentor Warren
9.8 km
Two pillow mounds and a small area of tin streamwork 510m south west of Ditsworthy Warren House forming part of Willings Walls Warren
9.9 km
Cairn north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
10 km
Stone alignment and terminal cairn with a retaining kerb on Ringmoor Down
10 km
Stone setting (retaining kerb of a cairn) north-east of Brisworthy Plantation
10.1 km
Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren
10.1 km
Part of Eylesbarrow Reave
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fice's Well

Fice's Well stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Fice's Well

ExeterRoman town · ~23.6 miles
Domesday entry for Sampford, Devon →
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