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Summary

One of a group of over 20 hut circles within prehistoric settlement south of Leeden Tor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008671: An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, an irregular aggregate field system, a length of reave and an enclosure on the south east slope of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX5SE92
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/7/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22265
• Pastscape: 440288

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Visited in 1992. Internal diameter 3.5 metres. Rubble bank wall 0.8 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. Doorway to south.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-37, Map 45, Figure 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle shown within Settlement 'C' at Leeden Tor South.

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

Visible on aerial photgraph.

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

Visited 29/04/2019. A dificult area to determine. SX 56422 71072 Internal diameter 2.5m. Gorse covering walls. Grass & molinia Photo taken

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

Visited 29/04/2019 Photo taken

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 440288, SX5SE92 (Website). SDV363416.

Site visited on 25th August 1950. One of a group of hut circles and enclosures. At SX 5642 7107 Hut 'I' of diameter 5.0 metres much despoiled and no obvious entrance. Stones from the wall spread over interior and in an area around the circle. It now has a cairn-like appearance and condition is poor.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1008671 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement comprising 31 stone hut circles in an irregular aggregate field system.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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