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Summary

Eastern of two hut circles at southern end of enclosure west of Hen Tor of 3.4 metres diameter with walls 1.4 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. A possible entrance lies in the east wall.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 78
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/162
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438723

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Eastern of two adjoining hut circles shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE78, Hut O (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV163730.

(02/06/1950) SX 5911 6530 Hut O. One of two small hut circles which are joined together. In very ruinous condition, entrance not obvious. Diameter 4.0 metres.

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

Not visible on the 1946 Royal Air Force vertical aerial phtoographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140442. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

18/05/1995 (SX 5911 6530) One of two hut circles forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement (see also MDV126597). They survive as banks of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area and are abutted by lengths of boundary wall leading from nearby enclosure. These banks measure 1m wide and 0.5m high and surround an 18m by 12m area. This enclosure is attached to enclosure (SX56NE/163) and is therefore more recent.
Both huts are constructed on pronounced terraces and are of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. The interior of the eastern hut is 3m in diameter and is defined by a 1.2m wide wall standing up to 0.4m high. This hut is site No.102 517e in the National Trust Upper Plym inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 122-3; Map 49, figure 49.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Eastern of two huts to the south of the southern part of Settlement 'D' at 'Upper Hentor Brook'. These two huts are attched to the south of the enclosure by two sections of wall.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 145-6/102.517e (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

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

(22/03/2002) SX 5911 6530. 3.4m in diameter with walls 1.4m wide and 0.4m high. A possible entrance lies in the east wall.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-27 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(06/02/2020) Condition of hut assessed as moderate; vegetation encroachment is threatening this feature. A very stone strewn site, wall lines / reaves are hard to distinguish in general boulder covered area. Recorder may have photographed the wrong hut here; most obvious and clearly defined features were photographed. All huts recorded have moderate to significant amount of low level bracken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Eastern of two hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

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

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