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Summary

Recorded in 1979 as a possible longhouse building, survey in 1999 reclassified as a revetted linear stone clearance heap.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of Bronze Age hut circle settlement and revetted linear clearance cairn or longhouse type building at Whittenknowles Rocks

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE151
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438923
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/90

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) BUILDING (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))
• CLEARANCE CAIRN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1975, OS/75/369, 219 (Aerial Photograph). SDV254607.

Photograph taken on 28th August 1975. Building visible above settlement.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX56NE151 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV258758.

(06/02/1979) To the north of Whittenknowles Rocks at 341.0m. O.D. are the remains of a longhouse type building with a rubble filled interior. It measures 11.0m. by 3.8m. internally, with walling 0.8m. thick and 1.0m. high. No entrance is now visible. Found during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on P.F.D.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 126-7 Map 49, Figure 49.11 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Small rectangular building shown to the north of the prehistoric settlement at 'Whittenknowles Rocks'.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

(04/08/1999) This feature is as described by the Ordnance Survey (1979) though its interpretation as the remains of a longhouse type building is extremely doubtful. The body of the feature is randomly heaped stone obviously retained by a coursed boulder revetment. The west side displays a pronounced curve and there are no traces of entrances. Its form lies in a distinct contrast to the longhouses and ancillary structures of the medieval or later settlement that lie immediately to the south (SX 56 NE 112).

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(10/03/2005) This feature is probably a linear stone clearance heap. It remains as described by English Heritage (1999).

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Medieval Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV345602.

Rectangular building shown on survey.

Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Rectangular feature shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape

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