Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo hut circles N of Lower Blackaton

Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton

England
List entry 1002625
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002625
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 69465 78777, SX 69426 78778
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two hut circles north of Lower Blackaton is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The monument comprises two circular structures characteristic of domestic occupation during the Bronze Age period, when such hut circles formed the basis of upland settlement across the moor. The site demonstrates the pattern of prehistoric agricultural use of Dartmoor's higher ground, a landscape that supported pastoral and mixed farming communities. The preservation of these earthwork remains provides archaeological evidence of the settlement patterns and domestic architecture employed by Bronze Age communities in the south-west peninsula.

Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002625. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton?

Two hut circles north of Lower Blackaton is a Bronze Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002625.

Who is responsible for protecting Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton?

Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton 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 1002625.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three stone hut circles 780m SSW of Venford Reservoir dam (8.4 km), Stone hut circle and length of boundary walling 860m south west of Venford Reservoir dam (8.4 km), Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system (8.5 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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton

Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Two hut circles N of Lower Blackaton

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