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Summary

One of two small hut circles or shelters situated in the lea of a prominent outcrop on the south-east side of Cox Tor. Hut circle of 1.4 metres by 1.8 metres with walls 1.6 metres wide by up to 0.4m high built between three large boulders.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Walling and earthworks of a Bronze Age enclosure, hut circles and cairns, part of a dispersed group of Bronze Age monuments on Petertavy Great Common
• Scheduled Monument 1011498: Two stone hut circles and an enclosure 140m east of the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar on Cox Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW141
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 919265
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/204/2
• Old SAM Ref: 22235(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(13/09/1991) SX 5317 7618. Two small hut circles or shelters situated in the lea of a prominent outcrop on the SE side of Cox Tor.
SX 5316 7618. A similar structure (to MDV49829), but not built against the outcrop. The wall, 1.6m wide and up to 0.4m high, is built between three large boulders and defines a subcircular area 1.4m to 1.8m across.
A low bank, 1m to 2m wide and 0.6m, follows a sinuous course for 30m southwards from the second structure towards a small cairn (SX 57 NW 94). It is possible that further features are concealed by the hummocky nature of ground in the immediate vicinity. A second small cairn lies close by (SX 57 NW 124).
It is unlikely that structures of this sort were utilised for anything other than seasonal or temporary occupation and shelter.
See RCHME Cox Tor Survey (1/2500 scale).

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

(1992) On SE-facing slope, associated with another hut circle and an enclosure (SX57NW-185). Internal diameter measures 2.3m. Rubble bank wall 1.4m wide, 0.4m high. Probably used seasonally.

National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data, (No photo reference) (Cartographic). SDV364293.

Depicted, but not described.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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