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Hundatorra, the Glossary

Hundatorra or Hundetorre is a deserted medieval village near Hound Tor on Dartmoor, Devon.^[1]

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29 relations: Black Death, Bronze Age, Common Era, Cotter (farmer), Dartmoor, Dartmoor longhouse, Deserted medieval village, Devon, Domesday Book, English Heritage, Great Bovine Pestilence, Great Famine of 1315–1317, Grimspound, Henry III of England, Historic England, Hound Tor, League (unit), Longbridge Deverill, Manaton, Medieval Warm Period, Ordnance Survey, Ox, Scheduled monument, Serfdom, Tavistock, Terrace (earthworks), Thatching, Villein, Virgate.
Archaeological sites on Dartmoor
Deserted medieval villages in England
Former populated places in Devon
Former villages in England
Scheduled monuments in Devon

Black Death

The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Common Era

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.

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Cotter (farmer)

Cotter, cottier, cottar, Kosatter or Kötter is the German or Scots term for a peasant farmer (formerly in the Scottish Highlands for example).

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Dartmoor

Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England.

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The Dartmoor longhouse is a type of traditional stone-built home, typically found on the high ground of Dartmoor, in Devon, England and belonging to a wider tradition of combining human residences with those of livestock (cattle or sheep) under a single roof specific to western Britain; Wales, Cornwall and Devon, where they are more usually referred to simply as longhouses and in general housebarns.

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Deserted medieval village

In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village (DMV) is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. Hundatorra and deserted medieval village are deserted medieval villages in England.

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Devon

Devon (historically also known as Devonshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Great Bovine Pestilence

The Great Bovine Pestilence was an epizootic infectious disease outbreak in England and Wales, peaking in 1319–20, and responsible for the death of nearly two-thirds of all bovine animals in the country.

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Great Famine of 1315–1317

The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large-scale crises that struck parts of Europe early in the 14th century.

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Grimspound

Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. Hundatorra and Grimspound are archaeological sites on Dartmoor and former populated places in Devon.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

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Historic England

Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Hound Tor

Hound Tor is a tor on Dartmoor, Devon, England and is a good example of a heavily weathered granite outcrop. Hundatorra and Hound Tor are deserted medieval villages in England.

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League (unit)

A league is a unit of length.

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Longbridge Deverill

Longbridge Deverill is a village and civil parish about south of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.

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Manaton

Manaton is a village situated to the southeast of Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England.

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Medieval Warm Period

The Medieval Warm Period (MWP), also known as the Medieval Climate Optimum or the Medieval Climatic Anomaly, was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region that lasted from to.

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Ordnance Survey

The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain.

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Ox

An ox (oxen), also known as a bullock (in British, Australian, and Indian English), is a bovine, trained and used as a draft animal.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Serfdom

Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems.

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Tavistock

Tavistock is an ancient stannary and market town in West Devon, England.

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Terrace (earthworks)

In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming.

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Thatching

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.

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Villein

A villein is a class of serf tied to the land under the feudal system.

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Virgate

The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (virgāta) was an English unit of land.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundatorra