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Summary

One of a cluster of irregular and incompletely preserved enclosures containing 20 hut circles lie between the clitter west of Hen Tor and the former enclosed land around Hentor Farm. The enclosure banks are generally 1.5 metres wide and exist up to 0.7 metres high (2002 survey).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/161
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Not visible in 1946 RAF verticals.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140440, 18/05/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(At SX 5911 6539, SX 5911 6538 + SX 5911 6537). Three hut circles and length of boundary bank forming part of a partially enclosed settlement. These buildings survive as banks of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area and are linked to each other by a length of rubble bank which is up to 1m wide and 0.5m high. The relationship between the buildings and the rubble bank suggests that the boundary was added some time after the huts.
The boundary bank which links the huts leads n and s and curves to partially enclose an area measuring 72m by 35m. It is not known whether this area was ever fully enclosed, although dense natural clitter on the side with no artificial boundary may have meant that it was never felt necessary to build a complete enclosure. See also MDV55451-53 for hut details).

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 122-3; fig 49.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. Management Strategies and Archaeological Site Inventory, 155-8/102.527 + 533 (Report - Survey). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(22/03/2002) Centred SX 59106543. A cluster of irregular and incompletely preserved enclosures containing 20 hut circles lie between the clitter west of Hen Tor and the former enclosed land around Hentor Farm. It is impossible to determine the original extent of this settlement as it has been severely disturbed by later activity which seems to have resulted in the removal of several elements and the obfuscation of most others. The enclosure banks are generally 1.5m wide and exist up to 0.7m high though some have been heightened by the addition of clearance stone in the post medieval period and others have been robbed to ground level.
Of the 26 huts recorded in 1979, only 20 can be positively identified, the remainder existing as small hollows in the clitter. All have been partially or wholly infilled by clearance material and few original features are apparent.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)

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