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Summary

A terraced hut circle built against the south side of an enclosure wall, south-west of Ollsbrim. It is a turf covered circle with some stone visible and although originally circular it now has the appearance of a rectangular platform. It has a level interior and there is no definable entrance. This hut measures approximately 7.5 metres diameter, with walls 1.6 metres thick and 1.0 metres high.

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: SX67SE125
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443222
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/450
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX67SE125

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE125 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV347116.

(22/05/1980) At SX 68337332, above Eastern Combe at 342.m. O.D. and adjoining the southern side of a field wall of the reave system (SX 67 SE 94) is a circular platform.
It is 7.5m. in diameter, levelled to a height of 0.5m. on the lower side and appears to represent a stripped out hut circle.
Found during field investigation.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D. (see plan).

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, SX67SE (Cartographic). SDV345957.

Not recorded.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 121 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Hut circle shown on map on the south side of a field boundary. Other details: Map 12, Sites 1-3.

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.

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

(14/03/2008) A terraced hut circle built against the south side of an enclosure wall, south-west of Ollsbrim. It is a turf covered circle with some stone visible and although originally circular it now has the appearance of a rectangular platform. It has a level interior and there is no definable entrance. This hut measures approximately 7.5m diameter, with walls 1.6m thick and 1.0m high.

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

Southern half of a hut circle shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape (Website). SDV362732.

A terraced hut circle built against the south side of an enclosure wall, south-west of Ollsbrim. It is a turf covered circle with some stone visible and although originally circular it now has the appearance of a rectangular platform. It has a level interior and there is no definable entrance. This hut measures approximately 7.5 metres diameter, with walls 1.6 metres thick and 1.0 metres high (citing Newman, P., 14/03/2008, English Heritage Archaeological Field Investigation).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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