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Summary

Building 'F' at Challacombe Medieval settlement shown on 19th maps but not present on later maps

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021395: Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/67/9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BUILDING (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Rectilinear feature shown on 19th century Tithe Map.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Rectangular building shown on 19th century map.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1932, The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two, 481 (Monograph). SDV337894.

Challacombe was mentioned as 'Chaluecombe' in 1481 and in the 16th century.

Griffiths, D. M. + Robinson, R., 1987, Challacombe: Manuscript Survey (Report - Survey). SDV290318.

Building 'f': part of a rectangular building of indeterminate size but circa 4 metres wide, comprising part of the north side and east end walls which stand up to 1.4 metres high and average 0.65 metres wide. Two windows in the north wall are close to ground level indicating considerable soil accumulation both in and around the building. A low platform on the downslope side suggests that this building is also shortened. It is not shown on the Tithe Map but is possibly the dwelling house of North Middle Challacombe before the tenement was joined with South Challacombe.

Agricultural Development Advisory Service, 1991, Challacombe Farm Postbridge, Devon (Duchy Farms Project), 26, Map D1 (Report - Assessment). SDV356546.

Building 'f' the remains of a rectangular building with the east end wall and part of the north wall surviving.

Pattison, P., 1999, Challacombe Revisited, 64 (Monograph). SDV359495.

Shown as 'Building 6' on plan of the shrunken hamlet at Challacombe.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Building not shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2016, National Heritage List for England, 1021395 (National Heritage List for England). SDV359353.

The monument, which falls into two areas, includes a deserted Medieval settlement situated immediately north of the present day farmhouse at Challacombe. The settlement includes at least seven separate buildings set alongside a north-south aligned track. All of the buildings survive at least in part, as standing granite walling, although many are also composed of earthworks where the walling has collapsed. The settlement continued in use into the Post-Medieval period and some of the earlier longhouses were altered during this time. The earliest documentary reference to this site is in 1481 when it is referred to as Chalvecombe and by 1613 there were five separate tenements which continued in use until at least 1880.

National Monument Record, 2016, Pastscape, 442451, SX67NE4 (Website). SDV359354.

Building 'F' is part of a rectangular building with only parts of the north and east end walls remaining. A low platform on the downslope suggests the building has been shortened.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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