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| HER Number: | MDV24777 |
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| Name: | Hut circle east of the enclosures north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh |
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Summary
Hut Circle '4' (Butler) to the east of the enclosures to the north of Snowdon Brook
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 679 682 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | West Buckfastleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKFASTLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Walling remains of a Bronze Age settlement consisting of two joined enclosures with associated internal hut circles and a number of unenclosed huts to the east of the enclosures north of Snowdon Brook
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE7
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441369
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/242
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
National Monuments Record, NMR SX6768, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172757.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
One of four hut circles shown on 19th century map to the east of the track.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE7 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV147274.
(SX 67876825) Hut Circles (NR) (Seven hut-circles shown on 1906 Ordnance Survey map).
(28/06/1977) These huts have been destroyed with the exception of:-
SX 67936827. The fragmentary remains of a Type 2 hut circle. The internal diameter is about 6m, the walls 1.2m wide, and it is on a small, level spur at 305m above OD.
SX 67786827. A Type 2 hut circle with an internal diameter of 8m and walls 1.2m wide. It is in fair condition, situated on a steep, well drained, clitter-strewn slope at 325m above OD.
Surveyed at 1:10000 on PFD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Single unenclosed hut circle visible.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 167, Map 58, Figure 58.4 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Hut Circle '4' of approximately 6.0 metres diameter is rather isolated beside the 'track' to the east of the four tinner's pits. About a third of the hut has been destroyed.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Hut circle shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147274 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66NE7. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV172757 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR SX6768. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 1. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 167, Map 58, Figure 58.4. |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #128159 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5216 | Part of: Hut circle Settlement north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
| MDV24689 | Related to: Enclosure with hut circle north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
| MDV128544 | Related to: Hut circle within prehistoric enclosure north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
| MDV128534 | Related to: Hut circles to north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
| MDV24690 | Related to: Part of an enclosure north of Snowdon Brook, Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 20 2021 10:58AM |
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