Dung Pit Approximately 2 Metres South of Higher Shilstone Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1974. Dung pit.
Dung Pit Approximately 2 Metres South of Higher Shilstone Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- spare-column-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1974
- Type
- Dung pit
- OS grid reference
- SX 660 901
- Coordinates
- 50.69534, -3.89841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The dung pit, located approximately 2 metres south of Higher Shilstone Farmhouse, is likely from the 17th century. It is lined with large, roughly-shaped granite blocks and is terraced into the hillside, open at the downhill (east) end. The south side runs parallel to the barn and calf house, separated only by a narrow path. From the top (west) end, the wall curves down the other side. This dung pit is part of a group that includes Higher Shilstone Farmhouse and its associated farm buildings, which are also listed. The farmhouse is one of the best-preserved examples of a Dartmoor longhouse, making this group historically significant.
Local climate
Dung Pit Approximately 2 Metres South of Higher Shilstone Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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