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HER Number:MDV24775
Name:Hut Circle '7' in Enclosure 'D' at enclosed settlement on south side of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior

Summary

Hut Circle '7' in Enclosure 'D' at enclosed settlement on south side of Hickaton Hill

Location

Grid Reference:SX 676 659
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDean Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishDEAN PRIOR

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthworks and surviving walls of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement comprising four joining enclosures containing at least twenty hut circles, part of a dispersed group of enclosures and hut circles to the north of the Avon Dam Reservoir

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX66NE16
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/239
  • Pastscape: 441396
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '7' at 7.5 metres in the north-east of Enclosure 'D' at 'Hickaton Hill South-east' with and entrance to the south-east.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441396, SX66NE16 (Website). SDV363416.

Enclosure 'D' at SX67676595 contains two probable Type 1 hut circles, average internal diameter 5.0 meters, walls 1.2 meters wide and in poor condition, one with a south-east facing entrance.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20.
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127535 ]
SDV363416Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 441396, SX66NE16.

Associated Monuments

MDV129298Part of: Enclosure 'D' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV5227Related to: Enclosed hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129295Related to: Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129296Related to: Enclosure 'B' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129297Related to: Enclosure 'C' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 21 2020 12:19PM