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Dartmoor Site: High-house Waste Enclosed Settlement

High-house Waste Enclosed Settlement

Database entries

OS Map: SX 605 627
OS Source: Estimate
HER: MDV4362
Megalithic Portal: 45579
Alternate name: High-house Waste
Short Name: ES:HighHouse
DPD page: 63
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: PDW
Hut Class: No
Lidar: SX 605 627
Guide Map: 55
Nearest Bus Stop: Cornwood Crossways (4.0 km) [Route: 59]
Nearby sites: SX 605 627

Notes

"Scattered settlement of at least 12 circular huts, some of them being very large. Possibly Romano-British as opposed to the Bronze Age/Iron Age settlements nearby. Later rectangular house on south edge of area". Lethbridge p.63-64 Hut Circle with largest door jambs (over 4 foot tall) on Dartmoor.

References

These are selected references with an emphasis on out of copyright sources linked as PDFs. For more detailed references try any linked HER or PMD record above.

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