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<< Text Pages >> Little Hangman Hill - Misc. Earthwork in England in Devon

Submitted by coldrum on Saturday, 14 November 2009  Page Views: 6701

Multi-periodSite Name: Little Hangman Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 9.0 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Devon Type: Misc. Earthwork
 Nearest Village: Combe Martin
Map Ref: SS585480
Latitude: 51.213621N  Longitude: 4.027273W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Misc. Earthwork in Devon. A survey of Exmoor National Park from the air, carried out as part of English Heritage’s National Mapping Programme, revealed a previously unrecognised prehistoric enclosure on the summit of a famous landmark, Little Hangman Hill, near Combe Martin on the coast of North Devon.

The National Trust, who manage this stretch of coastal heath, organised a group of hard working volunteers who spent part of their holidays clearing the gorse from the enclosure.

Following this, a detailed ground survey was carried out by the English Heritage Archaeological Survey and Investigation team. This showed that the enclosure earthwork links together several rocky outcrops and inside are several levelled areas and some quarry scoops. The enclosure on Little Hangman Hill is difficult to date but could belong to a group of sites found in Devon and Cornwall known as 'tor enclosures'. These date from the earlier Neolithic period, around 6000 years ago, when people first began to make a mark on their landscape, often utilising existing landforms like prominent hilltops and rocky tors and crags.

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SS5848 : Combe Martin: at Little Hangman by Martin Bodman
by Martin Bodman
©2005(licence)
SS5848 : Little Hangman by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2014(licence)
SS5848 : Wooden bench on Little Hangman by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2014(licence)
SS5848 : Little Hangman from the east by John Rostron
by John Rostron
©2009(licence)
SS5848 : Path to the top of Little Hangman by Roger Cornfoot
by Roger Cornfoot
©2014(licence)

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New archaeological sites discovered on Exmoor by Andy B on Saturday, 14 November 2009
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More than 2,200 previously unknown archaeological sites have been
discovered on Exmoor (England). And significant new information has
been added to a further 800 sites, thanks to painstaking research over
the last two years. Two archaeologists from Exmoor National Park
Authority looked through more than 12,000 aerial photographs as part
of the Exmoor National Mapping Programme. The time consuming exercise
was designed to help build up a more detailed picture of Exmoor's past
by identifying and interpreting archaeological sites. The work, which
has been funded by English Heritage as part of its National Mapping
Programme, has created a highly detailed map of Exmoor's archaeology.

During the survey the archaeologists examined piles of aerial
photographs, dating from 1946 to 2009, the vast majority of them from
English Heritage's National Monuments Record. Archaeologist Cain
Hegarty who worked alongside fellow archaeologist Kathy Toms on the
project, said: "We've been surprised not only by how well some
earthwork sites have survived but also by their number and extent, and
this even includes sites from the early prehistoric period." Most of
the newly-discovered sites date from recent periods in Exmoor's
history. However, much older remains were also found, such as the
traces of Bronze Age settlements, some 3,500 years old.
Most of the photos were looked at under a stereoscope which
provided a 3D effect, enabling them to see subtle earthworks.

Mr
Hegarty added: "It might be possible for people to see lumps and bumps
in a field but it would be difficult to differentiate from natural
features without a trained eye." Mr Hegarty said: "This is possibly
the best way of finding new sites and new monuments without actually
going into the field so we still have the thrill of discovery but
without the mud and rain. And it was a lot warmer."
One of the most interesting finds was a possible neolithic or
Bronze Age enclosure on Little Hangman Hill, Combe Martin. Although
impossible to be completely accurate as to its age, it is similar when
compared with other sites thought to be around that date on Dartmoor
and Bodmin. Mr Hegarty said: "There is an ongoing English Heritage
field survey which hopes to identify the extent and any internal
features of the site on Little Hangman." There are other hilltop
enclosures on Exmoor but what makes this unique is its extreme
location, on the top of a steep hill, overlooking the sea.
To find out more about the project and the wider National
Mapping Programme visit the aerial survey web-pages at http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/environment/New-archaeological-sites-discovered-Exmoor/article-1361283-detail/article.html
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