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Summary

Hut circle on Blackslade Down, associated with enclosure on reave to the south-west of the Foale's Arrishes settlement. Excavated in 1897 by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. Surveyed in 2015.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003283: Foale's Arrishes, huts and fields, Blackslade Down
• SHINE: Earthworks and walling remains of a Bronze Age coaxial field system around Pil Tor with remains of reaves, enclosures, hut circle settlements including Foales Arrishes, continuing south onto Blackslade Down

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/8/5
• Old SAM County Ref: 262
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Baring Gould, S., 1897, Fourth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 151-156 (Article in Serial). SDV337081.

Hut 4. Excavated 1896. No sign of human habitation.

Various, 1983, Foale's Arrishes Sketch Survey, 23/5/1983, plan (Worksheet). SDV307217.

Hut circle with internal diameter 5.5 metres, walls 0.6 metres high. Levelled into hillside. Sited south of most south-westerly field boundary. Dubiously a hut - only one ring of stones, many collapsed.

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

Hut visible on aerial photography and recorded on map overlay.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Clearly visible on aerial photography.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Newman , P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 51, Figure 11 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

Hut four at Foale's Arrishes. Condition is stable.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, RT55 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 15/08/2019. The outline of the hut is only just visible due to 100% bracken cover. Stable condition. Photo taken

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, RT55 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 15/08/2019. Photo looking from the west to the east showing the bracken inundation

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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