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HER Number: | MDV6207 |
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Name: | Bronze Age settlement at Frenchbeer Rock |
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Summary
Vis=22/1/1976 (ancient monuments) two hut circles north east of frenchbeer rock. Two hut circles both 10.97m in diameter with walls of large upright boulders lining tumble outer walls. Vis=22/7/1974 (os). Three hut circles. At sx67198548 hut circle 6.0m internal diameter with a single wall of orthostats up to 1.0m high, may originally have been double-walled. Entrance in the sw. At sx67208546 a robbed double-walled hut up to 1.0m high with entrance in the sw. At sx67228542 four stones on the perimeter of a slight platform 6.0m internal diameter indicate the site of a robbed hut. Vis=ormerod notes presence of hut-circles at frenchbere (ormerod). Vis=10/2/1982 (robinson). Doe field monument warden visit. Vis=two hut circles visible and recorded (rchm app 1985).
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 672 854 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Chagford |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/87
- Old SAM County Ref: 982
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV237876.
Vis=22/1/1976 (ancient monuments) two hut circles north east of frenchbeer rock. Two hut circles both 10.97m in diameter with walls of large upright boulders lining tumble outer walls. Vis=22/7/1974 (os). Three hut circles. At sx67198548 hut circle 6.0m internal diameter with a single wall of orthostats up to 1.0m high, may originally have been double-walled. Entrance in the sw. At sx67208546 a robbed double-walled hut up to 1.0m high with entrance in the sw. At sx67228542 four stones on the perimeter of a slight platform 6.0m internal diameter indicate the site of a robbed hut. Vis=ormerod notes presence of hut-circles at frenchbere (ormerod). Vis=10/2/1982 (robinson). Doe field monument warden visit. Vis=two hut circles visible and recorded (rchm app 1985).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237877.
Osa=sx68ne36/plan.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV237878.
Aph=raf/cpe/uk 2082 3287-8.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237879.
Ormerod, g. W. /jbaa/20(1864)303/on the hut circles on the eastern side of dartmoor.
Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV237880.
Aph=nmr sx6785/1(18/5/1977).
Probert, S. A. J., 1991, Shovel Down Survey (Report - Survey). SDV359365.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV237876 | Report - Survey: RCHM APP 1985. |
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SDV237877 | Migrated Record: |
SDV237878 | Aerial Photograph: |
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SDV237879 | Migrated Record: |
SDV237880 | Aerial Photograph: |
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SDV359365 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J.. 1991. Shovel Down Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #116276 ] |
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Associated Monuments
MDV125115 | Related to: Field system around Frenchbeer Rock (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Feb 5 2019 3:19PM |
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