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Summary

Eastern of three stone hut circles forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement of 2.5 metres diameter with walls 1.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020052: Three stone hut circles 340m west of Hen Tor forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE81
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438732
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/173/10
• Old SAM Ref: 24227

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1979, SX56NE81 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV163217.

(29/01/1979) Hut with two orthostats marking its entrance.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140419, (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

18/05/1995 (SX 5900 6524) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope. Simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior is 2.8m in diameter and is defined by a 1.3m wide wall standing up to 0.6m high. A gap in the surrounding wall faces south-west, is lined on the west side, is partly blocked by a fallen orthostat and is probably an original doorway.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 122-3, Map 49, figure 49.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Two hut circles with a curved secction of wall to the west shown on the south side of an area of 'surface stone' to the south of Enclosure 'C' at 'Upper Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 143-4/ 102.514 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(22/03/2002) Centred SX 5898 6521. A cluster of six unenclosed hut circles lie in open moorland some 400m south of Hentor House. With one exception (Butler's 'cairn') the huts lie on the right bank of Hentor Brook. Most of the huts are poorly preserved, now existing as crude circles of upright stones but all are terraced into the gentle north-west facing slope to provide level interiors. One hut is adjoined by a short length of contemporary walling.
SX 5899 6524. A small hut 2.5m in diameter with walls 1.2m wide and 0.3m high.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Eastern of three huts shown on survey.

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

Possible southern curve of the hut wall visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-28 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(06/02/2020) Condition of hut assessed as good, although vegetation is having an impact on this feature. Less clearly defined hut than MDV55414 and 55418. Scattered stones to north-east of site and up to hut circle. Site has scattered grass clumps in hut and to the south west of hut.

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

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Eastern of three huts shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020052 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes three stone hut circles forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a gentle north west facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Plym. The stone hut circles survive as banks of earth and stone each surrounding a circular internal area. The third stone hut circle lies 8 metres east-south-east of the second building and has a 2.8 metres diameter interior surrounded by a 1.3 metres wide and 0.6 metres high wall. A gap in the surrounding wall which faces south-west, is probably an original doorway; it is lined on the western side, and is partly blocked by a fallen orthostat.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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