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Summary

Two adjoining hut circles situated on a steep east-facing slope above the Cowsic River.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of an unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlement north-east of Conies Down Tor, comprising eight hut circles, a Bronze Age cairn and fragmentary enclosure and a post Medieval Tinner's cache

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NE110
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065594
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/122/4
• Old SAM Ref: 22256
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 21/4/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Hut circle at SX59127942. Internal diameter 4.0 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.8 metres wide, 0.7 metres high. On north side of dispersed unenclosed settlement.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(19/09/1994) SX 59117944. Two adjoining hut circles situated on a steep east-facing slope above the Cowsic River, 400 metres north-north-east of Conies Down Tor. Both huts appear to be relatively unsophisticated, comprising oval interiors surrounded by crude walls of upright and fallen slabs and boulders standing up to 0.4 metres high. The interiors have not been levelled and there are no obvious entrances. The largest hut measures 3.3 metres (east-west) by 3.2 metres while its companion is 2.5 metres (north-south) by 1.7 metres; the latter adjoins the south-western side of the former and may have been an annexe.
These huts are near, but not physically connected, to several others (SX 57 NE 103, 104, 105, 108, and 109) and a cairn (SX 57 NE 106) on the same slope to the south.

Newman, P., 2004, Merrivale Range Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV346874.

(10/08/2004) As described in 1994. In are of short grass and in a stable condition.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Merrivale Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361635.

Two adjoining hut circles situated on a steep east-facing slope above the Cowsic River.

Ordnance Survey, 2018, MasterMap 2018 (Cartographic). SDV360652.

Pair of huts depicted on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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