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Huts and fields on Hayne Down is a prehistoric settlement complex located in Devon. The site comprises the remains of ancient dwellings and associated field systems that demonstrate patterns of early agricultural land use and habitation. The monuments date to the Bronze Age period, when such upland settlements formed part of wider communities exploiting moorland and marginal agricultural land. The visible archaeological features include hut circles and field boundaries that survive as earthworks, providing evidence of domestic settlement and the organized cultivation of the surrounding landscape during the second and first millennia BC.
Huts and fields on Hayne Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002497. View the official record →
Huts and fields on Hayne Down is a prehistoric settlement complex located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002497.
Huts and fields on Hayne 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 1002497.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two cairns at Ausewell Rocks (8.1 km), Holne Chase Castle (8.1 km), Earthworks in Boro' Wood (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Huts and fields on Hayne 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.
Huts and fields on Hayne Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.