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Summary

Not originally identified in 1951, this wall was first recorded by the Ordnance Survey in 1980. Boundary wall linking four hut circles. Curves through 180 degrees, measures 45 metres long, 1.6 metres wide, 0.4 metres high and is lyncheted through its length. May originally have been part of an enclosure (1992 survey).

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007435: Eleven stone hut circles, a length of boundary wall and a field system forming part of an unenclosed settlement on the north-east slope of Sharpitor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/28/10
• Old SAM Ref: 22272

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WALL (Constructed, Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE47 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV337205.

Four of the fourteen hut circles are linked by walling and one has its own walled plot (see plan).

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 129168, 1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX 5606 7056SX 5606 7056) Boundary wall linking four hut circles. Curves through 180 degrees, measures 45 metres long, 1.6 metres wide, 0.4 metres high and is lyncheted through its length. May originally have been part of an enclosure.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 39, Map 45.3. (Monograph). SDV137656.

Depicted by Butler on plan.

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

Depicted on the base mapping, which appears to be fairly accurate in this area when compared to the aerial photographs of the settlement.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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