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Challacombe deserted medieval settlement
Prehistoric Settlements

Challacombe deserted medieval settlement

The deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe: at least seven buildings along a track, one with its walls intact and three rooms, first recorded in 1481 as Chalvecombe, five tenements by 1613 and lived in until at least 1880.

Dartmoor quiz

Old books sometimes spell "Sittaford Tor" differently. Which of these is one of those spellings?

Siddaford Tor. It appears in 7 of the old books and papers in our research library, so the name has not always been written the way we write it now.

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