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Summary

Hut circle of 6.9 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide by 0.7 metres high and an internal division on the east side of a small rectilinear field within the Kes Tor coaxial field system

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016691: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: S68NE55
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443635
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/103
• Old SAM County Ref: 261
• Old SAM Ref: 28714

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1974, SX68NE55 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV256114.

(18/07/1974) At SX 6635 8621 is an isolated hut circle rather ruined and apparently single walled, 8.0m internal diameter with a perimeter of earthfast stones 0.5m high. The entrance is not discernible. A few rickles of field walls are apparent in the vicinity and doubtless the hut formed part of the Kestor Iron Age settlement (SX 68 NE 14) until the intervening area was stripped of field walls.
Surveyed at 1:2500.At SX 6635 8621 is an isolated hut circle rather ruined and apparently single walled, 8.0m internal diameter with a perimeter of earthfast stones 0.5m high. The entrance is not discernible. A few rickles of field walls are apparent in the vicinity and doubtless the hut formed part of the Kestor Iron Age settlement (SX 68 NE 14) until the intervening area was stripped of field walls. Surveyed at 1:2500.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible on aerial photographs used in the project.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(11/10/1991) SX 6635 8628. A solitary hut circle on a moderate north-west facing slope 185m west of Castor Rock. The walls consist of large boulders and blocks and are, on average, 1.5m wide and 0.5m high. They enclose an area 7.8m in diameter that has been sub-divided by a slight bank 0.3m high positioned in a north-south line through the middle of the hut. A gap in the south wall may indicate the site of an entrance. External facing slabs are apparent on the east and north-eastern margins.
The grid reference given by The Ordnance Survey in 1974 is erroneous, no hut exists in that area. (see RCHME 1991 'Castor Survey' at 1:2500 scale).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149140 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(02/04/1997) At SX 6634 8626. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system. Diameter 6.9m. Single orthostat, rubble and earthwork wall 1.7m wide, 0.7m high. Internal area 37.37m. Interior is divided into two equal parts by a 1.1m wide and 0.3m high rubble bank partition.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 170-174, Map 36, Figure 36.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Eastern of three hut circles at '22' of 7.6 metres diameter with an interior dividing wall on the east side of a small rectilinear field within the 'Kes Tor settlement'.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1016691 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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