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Summary

Hut circle 'E' of 3.1 metres diameter with walls 3.5 metres wide by 0.5 metres high within the extensive settlement north-east fo Cox Tor on Petertavy Great Common. A stone mass of 4.2 metres diameter forming the north-eastern arc of the hut may be the remains of an annex

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and surviving stone walling of Bronze Age hut circle settlements and medieval or later prospecting pits on Petertavy Great Common, to north-east of Cox Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/3/8
• Old SAM Ref: 20393
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NW33
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

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.

One of the 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57NW33, SX57NW33 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV228332.

Pattison, P., 1987, Settlement north-east of Cox Tor - Field Investigation (Report - Assessment). SDV241190.

Visited on 1st December 1987. Hut circle 'E' at SX53617651 of 2.3 to 3.1 metres internal diameter. This feature is a jumble of stone rubble of varying sizes and set at all angles suggesting disturbance and robbing. The walls range in width from 1.3 to 3.5 metres and there is a substantial stone mass 4.2 metres wide forming the north-eastern arc; there is perhaps a small annexe hidden here or else extraneous material dumped in the angle between the hut and the enclosure wall which strikes north from it. The interior is largely filled with scattered stone but is terraced into the slope to 0.5 metres. A possible entrance site, now only 0.5 metres wide, can be seen in the south-east wall.

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

Visited in 1992. Internal diameter 3.1 metres. Rubble bank wall 3.5 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Doorway to south-east. Substantial stone mass, 4.2 metres wide, forming north-east arc of building may indicate presence of an annexe. Boundary walls lead north and south from this structure

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 84-85, Map 31, Figure 31.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle at the southern end of the arc of Enclosure 'E' within the extensive settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2019, Prehistoric Settlements North and South of Wedlake (Supplementary survey report) (Report - Survey). SDV363726.

Hut shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011389 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake

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