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Summary

Hut circles were identified on a steep east-facing moorland hillslope covered by scattered clitter. They are not particularly well defined, with tumbled walls constructed from large boulders and upright slabs standing to a maximum 0.8 metres high. The interiors are sloping and the entrances are not well defined.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017988: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 320m south east of Higher Tor
• SHINE: Remains of stone walling of three Bronze Age stone hut circles situated 250 metres south of Higher Tor overlooking the valley of the River Taw

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX69SW83
• National Record of the Historic Environment (Yes): 1160572
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/120
• Old SAM Ref: 28676

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV232290.

Des=worksheet (greeves 1985). (12/06/1985) At least two small prehistoric hut circles on the hillside c 100m above taw marsh. Stones of hut circles barely break surface of ground. It is probable there are others in the area.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/UK/138, 5438 (Aerial Photograph). SDV238391.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Hut circle is visible on the 1940s aerial photography.

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

Not visible on 1946 air photos at this precise grid reference, but three hut circles are visible about 250m - 300m to the north on the same slope. Crf:SX69SW/120/1.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144173 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(04/09/1997) Hut circle forming part of unenclosed settlement. Diameter 8m. Double orthostat wall 1m wide, 0.8m high. Internal area 50.24. Western part of hut survives as buried feature. Not terraced into hillside.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(04/02/2004) Centred SX 61419143. Hut circles were identified on a steep east-facing moorland hillslope covered by scattered clitter. The three unenclosed huts at SX61379145, SX61419143 (this one), and SX61399141 are not particularly well defined. They have tumbled walls with large boulders and upright slabs standing to a maximum 0.8 metres high. The interiors are sloping and the entrances are not well defined.

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

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

Hut circle is visible on the modern aerial photography at this location.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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