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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: SX57SE92
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/9/2
• Old SAM Ref: 22265
• Pastscape: 440288

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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 a small irregular shaped enclosure within Settlement 'C' at Leeden Tor South.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Visited 29/04/2019. SX 56471 71051. Internal dimension 3m. No longer a stone shelter. 75% gorse inundation; molinia. Photo taken

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

Visited 29/04/2019. Photo taken

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 440288, SX57SE92 (Website). SDV363416.

Site visited on 25th August 1950. One of a group of hut circles and enclosures. Hut 'E'. A much scattered heap of granite stones of 5.0 metres diameter. This bears no resemblance to a hut circle, and a recent erection of a shelter from the stones is evidence of much spoilation.
Field Investigation on 4th August 1980. Centred at SX 56437103 is a settlement of twenty-five huts covering 3.1 hectares of a south and east hillslope at about 361 metres O.D. The area
is broken up by erosion runnels and quantities of surface clitter.

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

Three sides of a squarish feature 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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