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Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead is a Bronze Age settlement monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises a hut circle, a characteristic dwelling form of the Bronze Age period, alongside associated field systems that demonstrate the agricultural organisation of this prehistoric community. The hut circle represents domestic occupation typical of the second millennium BCE, whilst the surrounding fields indicate the coordinated land use and pastoral or arable management practices of Bronze Age settlement patterns in south-western England. This monument provides archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement hierarchy and the relationship between domestic structures and the wider landscape of resource exploitation during this period.
Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002537. View the official record →
Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead is a Bronze Age settlement monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002537.
Hut circle and fields, Bishop's Mead 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 1002537.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chambered cairn in Cuckoo Ball newtake (7.4 km), One of a number of cairns at Black Pool (7.5 km), Enclosure with hut circles east of Addicombe (7.5 km).
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