<< Our Photo Pages >> Yealm Steps - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Devon
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Multi-periodSite Name: Yealm StepsCountry: England County: Devon Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Plymouth Nearest Village: Cornwood
Map Ref: SX62016348
Latitude: 50.454881N Longitude: 3.945202W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Featured on the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website, Yealm Steps is described as "A fine example of enclosure and hut circles. Extensive prehistoric settlement area. Two villages contiguous, the larger pound a development of the smaller. Pound walls and those of huts consist of stone and turf. At least 22 huts within the enclosure. To the north and south of the pounds are scatters of isolated huts generally much larger than the enclosed huts. On the south there are remains of fields or paddocks. Rough moorland."
The Pastscape record for this site (Monument no. 442252) adds that the site covers an area of 6 hectares on a south facing slope at 350 metres OD (above sea level). "There are eight huts in the smaller enclosure .... and seventeen in the larger."
The Heritage Gateway for Devon and Dartmoor gives further information for this monument MDV4273, including a contradictory line from a 1985 survey stating there are "at least three elements containing 26 hut circles, six attached." Their 1990 survey notes agree with the two contiguous villages. "Hut circles range 5m to 11.5m diam, walls 2m thick, 1m high. One has sub-chamber. Some have faced walls. Entrances predominantly to south or south east."
This enclosed settlement is also scheduled as Historic England List ID 1015429 (Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, a contemporary field system, post-medieval buildings and two lengths of leat 310m south east of Yealm Steps).
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