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Summary

Western building forming part of the Medieval farmstead on Holne Moor to the west of Gibby Coombe

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019591: Medieval farmstead and field system, post-medieval tinworks, prehistoric settlements and cairns north and west of Gibby Coombe

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 66 NE 45
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/65/1
• Old SAM Ref: 34427
• Pastscape: 441485

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LONGHOUSE (Constructed, Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD to 1550 AD)

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 152618 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Western building forming part of a Medieval farmstead to the west of Gibby Coombe.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 169, Map 58, Figure 58.6 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Building '1' of 14.0 metres by 2.5 metres at 'Holy Brook field system' is a typical longhouse with opposing entrances and a chamber at the higher end.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

Holne Moor Survey plan at 1:2500.

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

Building shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Western building at 'Farmstead' shown on modern mapping.

National Monument Record, 2015, Pastscape, 441485, SX 66 NE 45 (Website). SDV357603.

A cluster of three Medieval or later buildings and one building platform lie in a sheltered south-east facing combe on the south-east flank of Two Barrows Hill. Only one of these structures, at SX 68076883, can be identified as a true longhouse. The long tapering building has been terraced into the slope with a cross-passage slightly off centre making the dwelling larger than the shippon. The dwelling end measures 7.5 metres by 3.9 metres with traces of a lateral sub-division or fireplace at the upper, west end. There are no traces of dividing walls flanking the cross-passage and the shippon measures 6.0 metres by 2.8 metres wide at the lower, east, end. The now bracken covered walls remain around 1.2 metres wide and a maximum of 0.6 metres high.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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