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Summary

Central of three hut circles west of prehistoric enclosure on Erme Plains (east)

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002606: Enclosure and hut circles on Erme Plains E of River Erme

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/69/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 807

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.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 68, Map 55, Figure 55.2 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut circle (5) is a free-standing hut of 3.8 metres diameter and is the central of three hut circles to the west of prehistoric Enclosure A.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet), Figure 14 (Cartographic). SDV361913.

Small hut circle to west of enclosure.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1, Figure 14 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

A prehistoric hut circle located on the eastern slopes of Erme Plains, 115 metres east of the River Erme. Part of a settlement containing two small enclosures and six hut circles (MDV4317; 4242; 4318; 4320). The hut is adjacent to a larger hut on its north side (MDV4318). The walls are spread and low at approximately 0.3 metres high but traces of the internal wall face remain in situ with an internal diameter of approximately 4 metres. A narrow entrance opening on the north-east of the arc, is close by the entrance of the larger hut, suggesting ease of access between the two buildings.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UE-22 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(13/03/2019) Recorded by volunteer condition assessor. Condition assessed as very good. Sitting on top of the bank formed by tin streaming these monuments appear to have changed little in the last ten years. Molinia is now visible immediately to the east of the huts although they have not yet been subsumed by it.

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

Photographs taken in March 2019.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2019, Pastscape, 442171, SX66SW5 (Website). SDV362732.

Hut 'b': one of 3 hut circles with a small enclosure. A small hut circle with the usual walling but no obvious entrance. Diameter 5.0 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

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