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Summary

A rectangular structure built on to the western side of the reave. It measures 5.4m north to south by 3.3m with walls 1.2m wide and 0.25m high. An entrance gap lies near the north-west corner. The interior lies at the same level as the surrounding ground. The origins and functions of this feature are unclear but most unlikely to be prehistoric and connected to settlement.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019083: Medieval farmstead and field system, length of Willings Walls Reave, four round cairns, a ring cairn and pillow mounds at Willings Walls Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE1
• National Monuments Record: SX56SE215
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1356043
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439106
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/531
• Old SAM Ref: 24231

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHELTER (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
• TRANSHUMANCE DWELLING (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140754, 15/04/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Rectangular building attached to the western side of Willings Walls Reave. Interior measures 6.3m by 3.5m and is defined by a 1.3m wide and 0.3m high rubble bank. A gap in the western wall probably represents an original doorway. The building is considered to be of historic date and may have been a shelter used by warreners or a transhumance hut.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 164-6, Map 51 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Roughly rectangular foundations of a building 3.5 metres by 6.0 metres on west side of Willings Wall reave.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 181-2/102.565 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

(05/04/2002) Centred SX 58216494. A well-preserved hut circle and two sub-rectangular structures lie adjacent to the Willings Walls Reave 250m north-east of Spanish Lake.
SX 5821 6492. A rectangular structure built on to the western side of the reave. It measures 5.4m north to south by 3.3m with walls 1.2m wide and 0.25m high. An entrance gap lies near the north-west corner. The interior lies at the same level as the surrounding ground.
The origins and functions of this feature are unclear but most unlikely to be prehistoric and connected to settlement.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 17/09/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

[1356043] A small rectangular building attached to the west side of Willings Walls Reave. The interior measures 6.3 metres by 3.5 metres and is defined by a 1.3 metre wide and 0.3 metre high rubble bank. It is possibly medieval in date and may have been used as a transhumance hut or a shelter for warreners. Scheduled (EH Scheduling amendment, 09-MAY-2001).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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