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Summary

Field system of at least 20 fields recorded with enclosures on Standon Down with over seventy associated hut circles. One of the largest Bronze Age settlements on Dartmoor.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008244: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated fields north of Standon Down

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/40
• Old SAM County Ref: 490
• Old SAM Ref: 20368

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 3380 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

Ancient Monuments, 1961 / 1992, Schedule notes (Schedule Document). SDV215644.

(September 1961) An open village of 30 or more huts of small 6.10m internal diameter. A number of enclosures are related to the settlement. Late Bronze Age / Iron Age. Moorland. Settlement probably consists of over 70 hut circles. Full details of settlement on SX58SE/1.
(1992) Settlement including at least 67 hut circles, one post-Medieval shelter, a Medieval or post-Medieval shieling and at least 20 fields.

St. Joseph, J. K. S., 1967, Unknown title, 60-61 (Article in Serial). SDV219152.

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

Remains of two major and one minor element of an agglomerated enclosure on the western slope of standon hill. Five hut circles freestanding in probable area of western element. Two hut circles freestanding within eastern element. Five hut circles attached to walls of eastern element. Enclosure partially within map SX58SE.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(17/07/1992) Standon Down hut settlement; see related records.

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

Field system of small paddocks and hut circles shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Many small boundaries visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 10008244 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes sixty-seven stone hut circles, one post-medieval shelter, a shieling of medieval or post-medieval date and at least twenty fields situated on a gentle west-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Tavy and forming the greater part of the large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement north of Standon Down. The field system associated with the settlement includes around twenty irregular fields. In most cases the boundaries abut the huts suggesting that the fields were added at some date after the settlement was established.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8440 - Excavation at settlement north of Standon Down

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