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Hut circles W of Higher Shapley

England
List entry 1002651
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002651
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SX 68075 84691, SX 68082 84751
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hut circles W of Higher Shapley is a Bronze Age settlement monument located in Devon, England. The site comprises a group of prehistoric domestic structures typical of upland settlement patterns in the Southwest during the second millennium BCE. These hut circles represent evidence of early agricultural communities who exploited the moorland landscape, with their circular stone or earthwork foundations marking the remains of domestic dwellings. The monument preserves important archaeological information about Bronze Age settlement distribution and land use in the region.

Hut circles W of Higher Shapley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002651. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hut circles W of Higher Shapley?

Hut circles W of Higher Shapley is a Bronze Age settlement monument located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002651.

Who is responsible for protecting Hut circles W of Higher Shapley?

Hut circles W of Higher Shapley 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 1002651.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hut circles W of Higher Shapley?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge (8.7 km), An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm (9.3 km), Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm (9.4 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge
8.7 km
An agglomerated enclosure and two stone hut circles 580m west of Laughter Hole Farm
9.3 km
Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 600m west of Laughter Hole Farm
9.4 km
Prehistoric settlement and irregular aggregate field system 340m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
9.5 km
Two double stone alignments, cairn and standing stone 700m south west of Laughter Hole Farm
9.8 km
Irregular aggregate field system and stone hut circle 755m north east of Dunnabridge Pound Farm
10 km
Cairns N of Corndon Tor
10 km
Three round cairns 960m and 920m north east of Outer Huccaby Ring
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hut circles W of Higher Shapley

Hut circles W of Higher Shapley stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Hut circles W of Higher Shapley

ExeterRoman town · ~15.6 miles
Domesday entry for Shapley, Devon →
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