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Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm

England
List entry 1009839
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009839
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SX 24080 71540
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm is a prehistoric dwelling site situated on the moorland of Cornwall. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and comprises a circular stone-built structure representative of domestic settlement patterns in the southwest peninsula during this period. The hut circle survives as a low stone foundation, evidencing the constructional methods and spatial organisation of Bronze Age communities. Such sites are significant archaeological records of early agrarian settlement and land use in the Cornish uplands.

Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009839. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm?

Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm is a prehistoric dwelling site situated on the moorland of Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009839.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm?

Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm 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 1009839.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval churchyard cross in St Cleer churchyard (3.5 km), Part of a medieval boundary dyke 220m east of Golitha House (3.5 km), Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth (5.7 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval churchyard cross in St Cleer churchyard
3.5 km
Part of a medieval boundary dyke 220m east of Golitha House
3.5 km
Medieval wayside cross at Wenmouth Cross, 320m north of Wenmouth
5.7 km
Trewane Cross in St Neot churchyard
6.6 km
Churchyard cross and three wayside crosses in St Neot churchyard
6.6 km
Culverland Cross in St Martin's churchyard to the north west of the church
7.2 km
Tencreek Cross in St Martin's churchyard 3.5m south east of the church
7.3 km
Platform cairn on Goonzion Downs
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm

Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Stone hut circle centred 460m ESE of Sparretts Farm

Battle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~6.7 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~10 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~12.9 milesBattle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~22.1 miles
Domesday entry for Draynes, Cornwall →
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