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HER Number:MDV127744
Name:Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor

Summary

Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement. Eastern of a row of three huts to the west of the medieval farmstead

Location

Grid Reference:SX 585 670
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSheepstor
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSHEEPSTOR

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 49
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/16/5
  • Old SAM County Ref: 571
  • Old SAM Ref: 10710
  • Pastscape: 438638

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 126-7, Map 49, Figure 49.11 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '4' of 7.0 to 7.3 metres diameter at Whittenknowles Rocks enclosure is the eastern of a row of three huts on the south side of an internal boundary.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(03/08/1999) Whittenknowles Rocks. Possible hut circles in settlement 600m north of Ditsworthy Warren House.
NB: None of the grid references provided by this survey matched the location of these three huts indicated on the GIS survey layer but three huts could not be correctly matched up to GIS depictions. The details of these huts, including descriptions have been retained in the settlement record (Richards, A. F., 02/03/2020.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(10/03/2005) This extensive site remains in a stable condition and is as described in 1999 survey visit.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Row of three possible huts shown on GIS survey data, west of the Medieval settlement.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Eastern of a row of three hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1010650 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 126-7, Map 49, Figure 49.11.
SDV350782Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown.
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #130586 ]
SDV361636Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound.
SDV364015Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV364016National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1010650.

Associated Monuments

MDV3995Part of: Hut circle settlement at Whittenknowles Rocks, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV127727Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV127736Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV130851Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV130853Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV4004Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV4005Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV4007Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)
MDV130850Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement, Sheepstor (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
  • EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
  • EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
  • EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

Date Last Edited:May 28 2021 10:19AM