Scheduled MonumentsEnglandTwo stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock

Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock

England
List entry 1017483
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017483
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.01 hectares
Grid reference
SX 67174 85438
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock is a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. The two hut circles represent the domestic structures of an ancient farming community, their stone foundations surviving as archaeological evidence of prehistoric habitation. The associated coaxial field system, characterised by parallel field boundaries that extend across the landscape in a regular pattern, indicates an organised approach to agricultural land management and reflects the pastoral economy of the settlement. Together, these elements provide material evidence of settlement patterns and land use practices during the later prehistoric period in southwestern England.

Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017483. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock?

Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock is a Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement site located on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017483.

Who is responsible for protecting Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock?

Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock 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 1017483.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A prehistoric settlement with enclosures, an irregular aggregate field system and cairn north of Bellever Tor (8.9 km), Two irregular aggregate field systems with associated settlements, part of a coaxial field system, boundary stones and historic fields on Riddon Ridge (9.3 km), A cairn and cist 380m west and a cairn and standing stone 370m south west of Bellever Tor, forming an outlying part of a cairn cemetery (9.5 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock

Two stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock 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 stone hut circles and part of a coaxial field system at Frenchbeer Rock

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