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Hundatorra medieval village at Hound Tor

Ghost town Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: as the acid soil destroys most material.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

13th to 14th century Dartmoor longhouse village

Ruined medieval hamlet of four Dartmoor longhouses plus smaller houses and grain barns with corn dryers below Hound Tor. Farming had stopped by about 1350 or a little later, probably as the climate worsened.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

exposed moorland, weather

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