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Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields is a prehistoric settlement site located on Blackslade Down in Devon. The monument comprises the remains of ancient huts together with associated field systems, representing evidence of Bronze Age or Iron Age occupation and land use. The site demonstrates the pattern of settlement and agricultural activity characteristic of upland Devon during the later prehistoric period. The preservation of both domestic and field structures at this location provides valuable archaeological evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and territorial organisation in the southwest of England.
Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003283. View the official record →
Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields is a prehistoric settlement site located on Blackslade Down in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003283.
Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down 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 1003283.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (7.4 km), Hembury Castle (7.6 km), Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.