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Summary

At least three roughly circular earthwork features on the east side of the valley are interpreted as 20th century redoubts dug during military training. They consist of flat-bottomed hollows with embanked side and internal divisions and have previously been described as hut circles and medieval remains.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020089: Eluvial tin streamworks and prehistoric coaxial field system together with other archaeological remains on Whitchurch Common
• SHINE: Northern section of the leat that served the medieval manor houses of Grimstone and Sortridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW158
• National Monuments Record: SX57SW21
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1359058
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440447
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SW/7/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22234

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) SETTLEMENT (Unknown date)
• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
• REDOUBT (XIX to Mid 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1949 AD)

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 3156-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.

Nothing visible on air photographs.

Linehan, C. D., 1965, Deserted Sites on Dartmoor, Devon (Article in Serial). SDV217992.

SX 537749 On Whitchurch Common, just above Merrivale Quarry leat and below the highway are two hut-circles. Nearby is a deserted Medieval site (MDV3594).

Haynes, R. G., 1966-1969, Ruined Sites on Dartmoor, 149, 1966 (Un-published). SDV150434.

Haynes describes four of these features as possible dwellings of unknown date (potentially modern).

Newman, P., 1994, Fieldwork and survey at Beckamoor Combe 1994, 9-10 (Article in Serial). SDV236243.

Three roughly circular earthwork features on the east side of the valley are interpreted as 20th century redoubts dug during military training. They consist of flat-bottomed hollows with embanked side and internal divisions and have previously been described as hut circles and medieval remains.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345751.

Series of four of these features appear to be visible on the aerial photography.

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 19/10/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

An area used for military training during World War II. The remains of four artillery emplacements, two mortar emplacements and a number of slit trenches survive. Scheduled Monument Notification, 07/03/2002.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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