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| HER Number: | MDV28509 |
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| Name: | Shelter, Middle Staple Tor |
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Summary
A small structure situated on the NW side of Middle Stape Tor. It is a small, rectangular shelter built on a narrow ledge against a 1.8m high rock face. It measures 2.1m by 1.6m, with crude walls 0.6m to 0.9m wide and 0.3m high, built of moorstone blocks. There is no entrance visible.
It is almost certainly a temporary shelter, of unknown origin, and is of minor significance.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 540 756 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Whitchurch |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WHITCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW79
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 439946
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/182
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SHELTER (Unknown date)
- (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV221275.
Osa=sx57nw79/photo. (28/10/1980 (os) At SX 54037564, among the rocks of Middle Staple Tor at 419m. OS is a probable hut circle of Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71).
It has been constructed as a semi-circle of double-faced walling against a rock face. The internal diameter measures 2.2m. by 1.6m. the walling is 0.6m. wide and 0.3m. high with an entrance gap on the SW (see ground photograph)
Surveyed at 1:10 000 and at 1:2500 (see plan).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not recorded.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(09/12/1987) SX 5402 7567: A small structure situated on the NW side of Middle Staple Tor. It is a small, rectangular shelter built on a narrow ledge against a 1.8m high rock face. It measures 2.1m by 1.6m, with crude walls 0.6m to 0.9m wide and 0.3m high, built of moorstone blocks. There is no entrance visible.
It is almost certainly a temporary shelter, of unknown origin, and is of minor significance.
Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.
(31/05/1993) Considered for scheduling but feature not found in 1993.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV145710 | Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown. |
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| SDV221275 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 3 2021 12:05PM |
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