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Dartmoor Site: Walkhampton Enclosed Settlement

Walkhampton Enclosed Settlement

Walkhampton Enclosed Settlement

Photo taken on 11-04-2010

Database entries

PDW coverage: Dartmoor Site: Walkhampton and Yes Tor Bottom Settlements
OS Map: SX 56772 72867
OS Source: Constructed
HER: MDV4964
Megalithic Portal: 45325
Alternate name: Walkhampton
Short Name: ES Walkhampton
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Cairn Class: No
Lidar: SX 56772 72867
Nearest Bus Stop: Princetown Dartmoor Visitor Centre (3.1 km) [Route: 98,171,172]
Nearby sites: SX 56772 72867

Notes

"Hut circles 550m s of foggintor quarries. A very fine settlement, set within a well built and substantial enclosure wall, enclosing an area of some 1.0ha. Five hut circles occur within the enclosure varying between 6-10m in diam ... Outside the enclosure to the w are five further huts of similar dimensions - again one of these shows sign of alteration. Under moorland grass." The site was excavated in 1897 by Burnard and Baring-Gould.

References

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