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HER Number: | MDV4213 |
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Name: | Longhouse north-east of Shillapark, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Longhouse at the deserted medieval settlement to the north-east of Shillapark
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 552 762 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57NE |
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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 | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/9/2
- Old SAM County Ref: 789
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LONGHOUSE (Built, Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Long rectangular building with an internal division shown on 19th century map. Site is labelled 'Hut Enclosures'.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 3175 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX57NE22, SX57NE22 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV253932.
Visited on 21st October 1978. Length 19.5 metres by 6 metres overall. Walls partly turf covered, 0.5 metres high.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Visible on the 1947 aerial photograph and recorded in project.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 79-80, Map 30, Figure 30.9.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Medieval longhouse, south of the Middle Blowing House along the Walkham, of 15 metres by 3.5 metres. It was probably long abandoned by the time the blowing house was constructed.
Newman, P., 1995, Field Survey in the Walkham Valley, 4-5 (Article in Serial). SDV275799.
Deserted medieval farmstead just to the south-east of Middle Merrivale tin mill consists of a longhouse and a small enclosure. The ruined buildings survive as collapsed stony walls a little above ground level.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1016148 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.
The western longhouse survives as a rectangular two roomed building terraced into the hillslope. Boundary walls lead from the north eastern, north western and south western corners of the building which lies in the northern part of a 24 metres long by 23 metres wide farmyard defined by a single faced rubble wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. On the southern side of the farmyard is a single roomed outbuilding with a north facing doorway. A gap in the farmyard wall immediately east of this outbuilding may represent an original entrance.
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. 79-80, Map 30, Figure 30.9.4. |
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SDV253932 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX57NE22. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. SX57NE22. |
SDV275799 | Article in Serial: Newman, P.. 1995. Field Survey in the Walkham Valley. Dartmoor Tin Working Research Group Newsletter. 9. Unknown. 4-5. |
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SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3175. |
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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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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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SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #138750 ] |
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SDV364675 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1016148. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV4211 | Part of: Settlement north-east of Shillapark, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV4212 | Related to: Small building to the south of longhouse to north-east of Shillapark, Dartmoor Forest (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Sep 6 2022 9:25AM |
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