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Summary

One of two stone hut circles in the north-east part of an unenclosed hut circle settlement. One of a group of five hut circles on hillside between two headstreams of Newlycombe Lake

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012896: Two stone hut circles 810m west of Siward's or Nun's Cross forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement
• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a section of the late 18th century Devonport Leat running from Raddick Hill to Nun's Cross, including extensive tinning remains at Cramber Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/37
• Old SAM County Ref: 833
• Old SAM Ref: 22387
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE59, SX57SE59 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV232421.

Site visited on 13th July 1970. One of a group of four hut circles on hillside between two headstreams of Newlycombe Lake. Hut 'B'. Double stone wall with entrance gap on south side and one recumbant door post. Measures 6.9 metres by 6.4 metres with walls 0.5 metres high.

Lady Sayer, 1981, Hut circle settlement (Correspondence). SDV232414.

Five hut circles in all. Sketch plan drawn.

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

Not visible on 1946 aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133147 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 6th April 1993. Northern of two hut circles on the northern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement. Terraced into the hillside and of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 6.0 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2.0 metres wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. Doorway survives as a 1.0 metres wide gap in the surrounding wall, is lined with slabs on the west and faces south. A 0.6 metres high and 1.4 metres wide lynchet links this hut to its neighbour.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 65, Map 47 (Monograph). SDV137656.

One of four heather covered hut circles of 3.2 metres diameter to 5.5 metres diameter.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012896 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Site visited on 22nd September 1970. This monument includes two stone hut circles situated on the northern edge of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, lying on a west facing slope overlooking Newleycombe Lake. Both stone hut circles are terraced into the hillside and are composed of stone and earth walls surrounding circular internal areas. The interior of the northern building measures 6.0 metres in diameter and the 2.0 metres wide wall stands up to 0.8 metres high. The doorway survives as a 1.0 metres wide gap in the surrounding wall, is lined with slabs on the west and faces south. A 0.6 metres high and 1.4 metres wide lynchet links this to the southern hut.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
• EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
• EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area

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