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Summary

Enclosure 'B' within Langstone Moor settlement is a squarish enclosure with a hut circle built into the wall on the south-west side.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007554: Enclosures and stone hut circles forming part of a stone hut circle settlement on Langstone Moor
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement with in excess of 40 hut circles, some with small enclosures, with another hut circle settlement to the west, on Langstone Moor, near Greena Ball

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/17/3
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC? (Between))

Full description

National Monument Record, 1979, SF1510, 185 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224088.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Open settlement on south slope of Langstone Moor visible on the 1979 aerial photograph, to the immediate south of enclosure MDV27075. Five hut circles visible.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 69-69, Map 30, Figure 30.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Enclosure 'B' at' Langstone Moor settlement' with a hut circle outside the northern perimeter and another in the wall to the south-west.

Newman, P., 2003, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, 7-9, figs 2, 9, Appendix IV (Report - Survey). SDV255420.

Squarish enclosure shown on the English Heritage 1:1000 survey of 2003 with a hut circle built into the south-west enclosure wall (Enclosure 'B' on plan). The walls are fragmented consisting mainly of odd stones protruding through the ground surface. Several sections of unconnected walling are shown to the west of the enclosure as well as five hut circles and two other circular features.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Enclosure shown on survey.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007554 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7275 - Survey of the Langstone Moor stone circle and other prehistoric monuments nearby
• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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