Okehampton Camp: Revetment walls and steps to the South-Western Camping Ground is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 2015. Revetment walls.
Okehampton Camp: Revetment walls and steps to the South-Western Camping Ground
- WRENN ID
- weathered-cobalt-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 2015
- Type
- Revetment walls
- OS grid reference
- SX 585 929
- Coordinates
- 50.71906, -4.0052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The revetment walls and steps at the South-Western Camping Ground in Okehampton Camp are a series of five parallel structures built to support grassed terraces on a north-facing slope. Three of these walls were constructed between 1906 and 1924 and were extended in length from 1924 to 1933, while two additional walls were added after 1933.
These walls are made of locally quarried limestone, with some slatestone blocks likely sourced from a nearby quarry to the north-east of Building 150. Some of the stone steps have been replaced with concrete.
The walls are arranged in a north-east to south-west orientation and stand approximately 1.22 meters (4 feet) high. The southernmost wall is about 95 meters (311 feet) long, while the other four walls are larger, measuring around 131.92 meters (400 feet) in length. Each wall features two sets of dry-stone steps for access between the terraces. Some sections of the walls have been repaired or replaced with concrete blocks.
Local climate
Okehampton Camp: Revetment walls and steps to the South-Western Camping Ground sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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