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Summary

Deserted Medieval site consisting of remains of structures and enclosures south-east of Lower Halstock farm. This site is included in the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Deserted Medieval settlement, cropmark enclosure, cairns and standing stone to the south-east of Lower Halstock farm

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset: NI Site
• National Monuments Record: SX69SW53
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572721?
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 619305
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/81

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))
• LONGHOUSE (Constructed, Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

Crossing, W., 1892, Old Stone Crosses of the Dartmoor Border, 105 (Monograph). SDV279564.

Crossing quotes an old tradition that a cross which once stood near the chapel was taken to Friar's Well.

Greeves, T. + Daggett, R., 1980, Field visit notes (Worksheet). SDV254218.

(24/06/1980) Halstock deserted Medieval settlement. Extensive earthworks of structures and enclosures, probably a deserted Medieval site., terraced into a north-facing slope. The outer enclosure takes in the spring marked on the Ordnance Survey 6 inch map. The Medieval chapel of St. Michael at Halstock (SX69SW/58) may lie within this settlement. A small oval cropmark is visible nearby on the aerial photograph (SX69SW/65).

Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 866-7 (Monograph). SDV249702.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible : a 'blank area'.

Griffith, F. M., 1986, DAP/GW, 14, 15 (Aerial Photograph). SDV253850.

Griffith, F. M., 1986, DAP/GX, 1, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV57439.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(1992?) The Perambulation return of 1240 records a 'capelle Soreti Michaelis de Halgestake', and in the 1609 Perambulation there is a Chapple of Halstocke'. Traditionally the chapel is associated with Chapel Lands, a field which lies to the south-east of Lower Halstock Farm (Hemery, 1983, 866-7).
Several longhouses can be seen on earthworks over a large area. Several lie near Lower Halstock Farm. In the field below (east of) Chapel Lands are two longhouses, lying end to end, 30 feet apart. The eastern measures 30 feet by 15 feet, the western 27 feet by 15 feet. These lie near the well known as Chapel Lands Spring. The outline of several enclosures also lie in this field.

Griffith, F. M., 2002, HU, 1-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV253852.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

White, P., 2013, Previously Unsurveyed Dartmoor Historic Farmsteads, Halstock DMS (Un-published). SDV352501.

Halstock deserted Medieval settlement

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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