Principal Archaeological Landscape: Codsend and Dunkery (16)
Authority | Exmoor National Park Authority |
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Date assigned | 01 January 2011 |
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Location
Codsend Moor is located on the southern slopes of Dunkery Hill below Dunkery Beacon, the highest point on Exmoor, which is contained within the PAL. It is defined on the north by the ridge on which Dunkery Beacon sits and to the south by the river Quarme.
Description of Archaeology
Codsend Moor is a semi relict 19th century enclosure landscape which contains within it an area of exceptionally preserved prehistoric and medieval settlement and field systems. Prehistoric enclosures are evident in this area. It is extensive in its scale and has palaeoenvironmental
potential in the form of hillside mires in close association with the archaeological remains. The prehistoric field systems appear to be multiphase, making them unique on Exmoor and is especially impressive viewed from Winsford Hill.
Principal significance
This PAL is significant because of the complexity of the early prehistoric archaeology. The extensive scale of the settlement remains is exceptional on Exmoor. The combination of multiphase prehistoric fields, medieval fields, attempted 18th century enclosure and the 19th century enclosure fields, combined with the excellent preservation of these sites make Codsend moors highly significant. The relative proximity of palaeo-environmental sites to the field archaeology further reinforces this. The vast scale and semi relict nature of the landscape within the PAL is also unusual.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SS 8750 4083 (3607m by 1702m) |
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Map sheet | SS84SE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (63)
- Area of prehistoric field system on Codsend and Hoar Moors (Monument) (MSO9200)
- Barrow or cairn north of Codsend Moors, also known as White Barrow (Monument) (MSO11326)
- Boundary stone on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO12245)
- Bronze Age barrow and cairn, Rowbarrow Group (Monument) (MSO9185)
- Bronze Age burial cairn north of Codsend Moors (Monument) (MSO7383)
- Bronze Age cairn north of Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MEM22809)
- Bronze Age cairn northwest of Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MEM22810)
- Bronze Age cairn southeast of Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MEM22811)
- Bronze Age cairn southwest of White Barrow (Monument) (MSO10386)
- Bronze Age cairn west of Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MEM22806)
- Deserted farm, mill and leat, Bankdown, Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO11183)
- Disputed Bronze Age cairn southeast of Dunkery Beacon (Non-antiquity) (MMO148)
- Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MEM22803)
- Excavation pits near the Rowbarrows (Monument) (MMO2260)
- Five mounds southeast of Great Rowbarrow (Monument) (MSO11165)
- Great Rowbarrow (Monument) (MSO9184)
- Group of Bronze Age cairns at Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MSO9187)
- Holmoor deserted farmstead (Monument) (MMO156)
- Hut circle on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO10417)
- Little Rowbarrow (Monument) (MSO9183)
- Medieval or later peat cutting pits west of Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MMO2258)
- Medieval or post-medieval field system on Kitnor Heath (Monument) (MSO9231)
- Mound on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO10411)
- Multi-phased field system on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO9202)
- Peat cutting south of Lang Combe Head (Monument) (MMO2263)
- Possible Bronze Age barrow on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO11851)
- Possible Bronze Age barrow on Stoke Pero Common (Monument) (MMO2261)
- Possible Bronze Age round barrow on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO11289)
- Possible Bronze Age round barrow on Stoke Pero Common (Monument) (MMO2262)
- Possible enclosure on Codsend Moors (Monument) (MSO11849)
- Possible hillslope enclosure on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO10414)
- Possible hut circle or pound on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO10418)
- Possible medieval or post-medieval clearance cairn at Codsend Moor (Monument) (MMO2248)
- Possible post-medieval water meadows on Codsend and Hoar Moors (Monument) (MSO9199)
- Possible prehistoric bank on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MMO2246)
- Possible Prehistoric or Roman field boundaries on Codsend Moors (Monument) (MMO2250)
- Possible ruined buildings on Stoke Pero Common (Monument) (MSO7411)
- Possible World War Two slit trench west of Great Rowbarrow (Monument) (MSO10468)
- Post-medieval cottage southwest of Codsend Moors (Monument) (MSO9218)
- Post-medieval cow stall with yard southwest of Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO9192)
- Post-medieval field boundaries or drainage ditches on edge of Hoar Moor (Monument) (MMO2242)
- Post-medieval water channels from Hoar Moor to the River Quarme (Monument) (MMO2244)
- Post-medieval water management on western slope of the Quarme Valley (Monument) (MMO2243)
- Post-medieval water meadow on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO11145)
- Prehistoric clearance cairns on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO10405)
- Prehistoric field boundary on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO6726)
- Prehistoric hillslope enclosure on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO9191)
- Prehistoric hut circle on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO6717)
- Prehistoric or Roman bank on Codsend Moors (Monument) (MMO2247)
- Prehistoric settlement and field system at Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO9193)
- Prehistoric settlement and field system on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO9203)
- Prehistoric settlement features on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO10413)
- Prehistoric standing stone at west end of Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO6721)
- Prehistoric standing stone on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO6720)
- Prehistoric standing stone used as parish boundary marker on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO6745)
- Prehistoric stone setting at the north end of Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO9189)
- Probable post-medieval field boundary on Codsend Moors (Monument) (MMO2249)
- Stone structure at Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MSO11156)
- Two Bronze Age burial cairns southwest of Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MSO9186)
- Two standing stones on south facing slope of Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO9225)
- Undated mound on Codsend Moor (Monument) (MSO10419)
- Undated mound on Hoar Moor (Monument) (MSO10412)
- World War Two vehicular activity west of Dunkery Beacon (Monument) (MMO2257)