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| HER Number: | MDV14807 |
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| Name: | Assycombe Brook Settlement on the east side of the brook, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Remains of a Bronze Age settlement comprising eight hut circles and the remnants of their field walls. The hut circles vary in diameter from 3.5 to 8.5 metres. Six of the huts have visible doorways, two are attached to each other, one has an annex and the orthostatic, rubble bank and coursed walling building traditions are all represented. Some had been incorporated within Assycombe Farm newtakes, one pair taking up so much of the interior of one of the smaller fields that they must have been reused as farm buildings. All but one of the huts was planted over with trees and have only comparatively recently been recovered from the plantation.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 659 826 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/156
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- UNENCLOSED HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
'Hut Circle' marked. At least four hut circles are depicted.
Fox, A., 1954, Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor, 87 (Article in Serial). SDV231175.
Four huts and field system at Assycombe in plantation.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 157, Map 35, Site 5 (Monograph). SDV219155.
'Assycombe Brook settlement'. Most of the eight huts (3.5 - 8.5 metres diameter) have only recently been recovered from the plantation, together with some slight remnants of their field walls. Some had been incorporated within Assycombe Farm newtakes, one pair taking up so much of the interior of one of the smaller fields that they must have been reused as farm buildings.
Newman, P., 2013, Fernworthy Forest Sites Survey (Un-published). SDV351708.
Newman, P., 2013, The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon, 16, 21-23 (Report - Survey). SDV351784.
A total of eight hut circles survive.
Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017981 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.
The monument, which falls into three areas, includes a stone alignment, dispersed stone hut circle settlement, medieval long house and post-medieval farmstead situated on a west facing slope overlooking the Assycombe Brook. Seven hut cirlces lie along the foot of the slope forming Assycombe Hill. The stone hut circles within the settlement all survive as banks each surrounding an internal circular area which varies from 11.33 to 51.5 square metres. The height of the surrounding walls vary between 0.5 metres and 0.9 metres. Six of the huts have visible doorways, two are attached to each other, one has an annex and the orthostatic, rubble bank and coursed walling building traditions are all represented.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 157, Map 35, Site 5. |
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| SDV231175 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1954. Celtic Fields and Farms on Dartmoor in Light of Recent Excavations at Kestor. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 20. Unknown. 87. |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV351708 | Un-published: Newman, P.. 2013. Fernworthy Forest Sites Survey. Digital. |
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| SDV351784 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2013. The Archaeology of Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor, Devon. Southwest Landscape Investigations. Digital + A4. 16, 21-23. |
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| SDV365228 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1017981. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6564 | Parent of: Enclosure at the northern end of Assycombe Brook settlement, Datmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6567 | Parent of: Hut Circle at Assycombe Brook settlement to east of trackway, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV58435 | Parent of: Hut Circle at northern end of Assycombe Brook settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6569 | Parent of: Hut circle on south side of Assycombe Stone Row, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6565 | Parent of: Hut circle within Asssycombe Brook settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6566 | Parent of: Hut Circle within Assycombe Brook settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6570 | Parent of: Hut Circle within Assycombe Brook settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6573 | Parent of: Hut Circle within Assycombe Brook settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6602 | Parent of: Hut Circle within Assycombe Brook settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV58434 | Parent of: Possible hut circle at Assycombe Brook settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6703 | Related to: Assycombe Farmstead east of Assycombe Brook, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6537 | Related to: Assycombe Hill Stone Row in Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6568 | Related to: Building 170 metres south of Assycombe Farmhouse, Dartmoor Forest (Building) |
| MDV6538 | Related to: Cairn at eastern end of Assacombe Stone Row, Datmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV58433 | Related to: Field system at Assycombe Brook, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV6540 | Related to: Reave across Assycombe Stone Row, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 3 2023 9:30AM |
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