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Summary

A post-medieval or later shelter is built into the side of a clitter spread below Higher Tor an at the edge of a prehistoric enclosure. It comprises a crude stone wall which encloses an area roughly 1.6 metres by 1.5 metres across.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Remains of stone-walled Bronze Age settlement including two enclosures and some seven hut circles at Higher Tor, Belstone
• Scheduled Monument 1017987: An enclosed prehistoric settlement 230m east of Higher Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW103
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1393246
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/305/7
• Old SAM Ref: 28675

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SHELTER (Constructed, Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144171 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(04/09/1997) Post Medieval shelter within enclosed settlement. Measures 1.6m by 1.1m. Coursed drystone wall 0.7m wide, 1m high. Cache or shelter denoted on north-west by clitter, on north and south by coursed drystone walling standing up to 1m and 6 courses high. The east side is denoted by a single flat slab up to 0.4m high and 0.7m wide. Two sheets of corrugated iron lie within the structure and may have been a roof.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(04/02/2004) A post-medieval or later shelter is built into the side of a clitter spread below Higher Tor an at the edge of a prehistoric enclosure. It comprises a crude stone wall which encloses an area roughly 1.6 metres by 1.5 metres across.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Feature visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2020, Okehampton Training Area - Updates (Correspondence). SDV363729.

(19/11/2019). A post-medieval or later shelter built into the side of a clitter spread below the eastern side of Higher Tor.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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