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Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross

England

List entry 1020097

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1020097

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.73 hectares

Grid reference

SX 69717 83090

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age monument located on Exmoor in Devon. The site comprises evidence of prehistoric occupation and associated agricultural land division, representing the settlement patterns and land use practices of the Bronze Age period. The field system, characteristic of prehistoric land management strategies, survives as earthwork remains and demonstrates the organisation of agricultural activity in this upland landscape. This monument provides material evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement distribution and subsistence practices within the moorland environment of southwest England.

Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020097. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross?

Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross is a Bronze Age monument located on Exmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020097.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross?

Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross 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 1020097.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairns N of Corndon Tor (8.4 km), Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor (8.8 km), Cairn on Corndon Tor (8.9 km).

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Overview

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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.

Spotlight

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairns N of Corndon Tor

8.4 km

Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor

Yar Tor stone row and adjacent cist

9.1 km

Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system

9.6 km

Ouldsbroom Cross

9.7 km

Hut circles SE of Yar Tor

9.7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross

Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Prehistoric settlement and field system 240m east of Challacombe Cross

ExeterRoman town · ~15 miles

Domesday entry for Shapley, Devon →

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