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Hamel Down is a Bronze Age barrow located on the lower western slopes of the moorland in Devon, England. The monument forms part of a wider landscape of prehistoric and later activity, with medieval strip fields and tinworks indicating sustained occupation and exploitation of the area across multiple periods. The barrow itself represents a significant funerary monument from the Bronze Age, when such burial mounds were constructed across the southwest of England. The site's location within a complex palimpsest of archaeological features, including evidence of prehistoric settlement alongside later medieval agricultural and industrial activity, illustrates the long continuity of human land use in this Devon moorland environment.
Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021394. View the official record →
Hamel Down is a Bronze Age barrow located on the lower western slopes of the moorland in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021394.
Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel 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 1021394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed prehistoric settlement and round cairn 880m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (8.8 km), Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam (8.9 km), Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel 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.
Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.