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Summary

Hut circle 7 (or F – Ordnance Survey); part of the settlement north of the road. Within the guardianship area managed by Dartmoor National Park Authority.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013427: A partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement, round cairn, post medieval farmstead, millstone and stone cutting pits 580m ESE of Merrivale Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/40
• Old SAM County Ref: 332
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 12/01/1996
• Old SAM Ref: 24191

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1943, The Prehistoric Pounds of Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV320337.

Other details: 281, Fig. 6.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE19 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV219145.

Hut circle F; one of a group of thirty eight huts and three enclosures. This circle is composed of large boulders, and measures 7.0 meters in diameter and walls remain to a height of 0.5 meters. The condition of the hut is good and it has an entrance on the south-east side.

National Monuments Record, 1976, National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph (Aerial Photograph). SDV345011.

Visible on aerial photograph.

1976, SX5575 (Aerial Photograph). SDV345021.

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Recorded during the Aerial Photograph Project.

Griffith, F. M., 1986, DAP/HO (Aerial Photograph). SDV256450.

Visible on aerial photograph. Other details: 13.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North (Monograph). SDV219155.

Other details: 73-75.

Gerrard, S., 1994, MPP/133501 (Site Visit). SDV219156.

Hut circle within a large partially enclosed settlement; terraced into the hill slope. This circle is of a simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior is oval, 6.6 meters by 5.0 meters and is defined by a 1.8 meter wide wall standing up to 0.9 meters high.

Probert, S. A. J., 2000, The Merrivale Guardianship Area, Walkhampton, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV344969.

Hut circle number 7 (SX55627505). Measures 6.3 meters in diameter internally and walls survive to a height of 0.5 meters and width of 1.6 meters. Other details: 12 (Fig 4).

Ordnance Survey, 2010, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV344030.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, MER-26 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 19/10/2019. Hut circle covered with grass with a few reeds and gorse outcrops. Overall condition very good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, MER-26 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 330° showing grass cover with a few reeds and gorse outcrops.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4830 - Survey of guardianship area, Merrivale

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