| Summary: | Excavation in 1994 re-examined the largest longhouse at hutholes, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Dartmoor, first investigated by E.M Minter in the 1970s. The earlier work had identified the remains of successive stake-revetted turf buildings, believed to predate the surviving stone structures, indicating settlement extending back into the late Saxon period. A re-appraisal of the site finds no evidence for this interpretation, and identifies the surviving stone building as the primary structure. Pottery evidence indicates occupation in the 13th and 14th centuries. |
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