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Summary

Hut circle in settlement to the south of the road to the south-west of Devil's Bridge

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011253: An enclosed stone hut circle settlement 400m south-west of Devil's Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE28
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/12/3
• Old SAM County Ref: 829
• Old SAM Ref: 22273

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE28, SX57SE28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV220805.

Site visited on 25th August 1950. One of a group of four hut circles south-west of Devil's Bridge. Hut 'D' with diameter 7.0 metres and walls 0.4 metres high. Composed of single large boulders, apparently robbed of most small stones. One or two remain. Earthbound stones on exterior of circle indicate that this may have been of double walled type. No apparent entrance.

Robinson, R., 1984, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1984 (Un-published). SDV343082.

Visited on 30th May 1984.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130698 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 8th October 1992. At SX57857259, hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and single orthostat walling type. The interior measures 6.6 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.0 metres wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high. It forms an outlying part of a small enclosed settlement situated immediately to the north. This hut lies within a field system which now survives largely as a buried feature and cannot therefore be mapped.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 22, Map 44, Figure 44.6 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '4' within settlement to the south-west of Devil's Bridge of between 5.6 to 6.5 metres diameter.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Visited 09 July 2019. SX57815 72656. Internal diameter 6.7 meters. Slight livestock damage around a few of the more obvious stones but in overall good condition. Photo taken

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

Visited 09 July 2019. Photo taken looking towards North Hessary mast (south to north)

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011253 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes an irregular shaped enclosure containing six stone hut circles situated on a gentle south-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Meavy.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7517 - Survey of Hart Tor tin works
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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