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| HER Number: | MDV8001 |
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| Name: | Longhouse on Pudsham Down |
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Summary
Ruins of a small cross-passage house built into a hillside on Pudsham Down. A shallow rectangular hollow, with a stony banked wall along one side on the moderate eastern slope of Pudsham Down. Stones around the edge of the hollow, suggest possble ruined walls.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 733 747 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Buckland in the Moor |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKLAND IN THE MOOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks and walling remains of a Bronze Age coaxial field system around Pil Tor with remains of reaves, enclosures, hut circle settlements including Foales Arrishes, continuing south onto Blackslade Down
- SHINE: Remains of a Bronze Age reave system fossilised in the fields west of Ruddycleave; part of a wider system that preserves potential links to nearby prehistoric reave systems
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX77SW38
- National Monuments Record: SX77SW72
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572881
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 445340
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/28
- Pastscape: 1572881
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
- LONGHOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2149, 4409-10 (Aerial Photograph). SDV282746.
Air photographs show what appears to be at least two hut-circles within an enclosure at SX 73757464; MDV8039?.
Royal Air Force, 1961, 58/4424, F43.0190 (Aerial Photograph). SDV280247.
Linehan, C. D., 1966, Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon, Table 2 (Article in Serial). SDV307246.
SX73407477. Deserted site at 366m OD on Pudsham Down. One building with enclosures. Classified as Medieval.
Haynes, R. G., 1966-1969, Ruined Sites on Dartmoor, 109 (Un-published). SDV150434.
13/5/1966 Small cross passage longhouse built in to a steep hillside. 11 metres long, 3.6 metres wide. North end of house unclear. There is an ancient field system above and below the house extending upstream where the ruins of another building possibly lie.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not visible on aerial photographs.
White, P., 2013, Previously Unsurveyed Dartmoor Historic Farmsteads, Pudsham Down (Un-published). SDV352501.
Pudsham Down a Deserted Medieval Settlement with remains of a cross passage house.
Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 49, fig 17 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Longhouse on Pudsham Down. See report for full details.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV150434 | Un-published: Haynes, R. G.. 1966-1969. Ruined Sites on Dartmoor. Ruined Sites on Dartmoor. Manuscript + Digital. 109. |
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| SDV280247 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1961. 58/4424. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). F43.0190. |
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| SDV282746 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2149. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4409-10. |
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| SDV307246 | Article in Serial: Linehan, C. D.. 1966. Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon. Medieval Archaeology. 10. Digital. Table 2. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV352501 | Un-published: White, P.. 2013. Previously Unsurveyed Dartmoor Historic Farmsteads. Excel Spreadsheet. Pudsham Down. |
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| SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 49, fig 17. [Mapped feature: #129330 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV113188 | Related to: A hut circle with the small wood known as the Spinney (Monument) |
| MDV30656 | Related to: Linear feature south of Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV30655 | Related to: Medieval fields on Pudsham Down (Monument) |
| MDV30625 | Related to: Possible longhouse at Blackslade Water (Building) |
| MDV112769 | Related to: Rectangular building foundations on Pudsham Down (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 1 2022 3:12PM |
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