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Summary

Isolated hut circle set within the Dartmeet parallel reave system on Yartor Down. A turf and stone ring sited close by a reave, with a diameter of 6.5 metres and a bank of 2.0 metres wide by 0.4 metres high. Some stone of wall remains in situ. An entrance opening survives on the south-east side.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE122
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443213
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/184

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX6772/2, 2/409-417 (Aerial Photograph). SDV315807.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE122 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV315817.

At SX67567302 and SX67537291 (see PRN 16717) on a west slope two hut circles within a parallel reave system are visible on the ground and on air photographs. They are of Type 2 and in poor condition. The internal diameters are respectively 6.3 meters and 8.8 meters with rubble walling 1.0 meters wide and 0.5 meters high, both have entrances to the south.

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

Visible next to but not attached to a reave. Visible on 1977 National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 123 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Hut circle within the Dartmeet parallel reave system, measuring approximately 7.0 meters in diameter. Other details: Map 13, 9.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

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

Hut circle shown on the survey layer as being slightly north-west of its marked location on the MasterMap base layer.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(14/03/2008) One of five dispersed hut circles on the west slope of Vag Hill.
SX 6756 7303. A turf and stone ring sited close by a reave, with a diameter of 6.5 metres and a bank of 2.0 metres wide by 0.4 metres high. Some stone of wall remains in situ. An entrance opening survives on the south-east side.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 03/01/19. Hut recorded at SX67565 73039. Vegetation affecting this hut; as with others in the vicinity, but condition of this hut assessed as reasonably good.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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