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Summary

Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and double orthostat walling. Internal diameter 6.7m. Wall 2m wide, 0.7m high. Doorway to south-south-east, partly blocked and clearly lined with slabs. Re-used during post-Medieval period, when upper part rebuilt in drystone and earlier doorway blocked.
Lies within irregular aggregate field system, and is one of the few not associated with a contemporary boundary wall. In the Medieval period this hut lay immediately next to a strip boundary bank.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011170: Stone hut circle settlement, irregular aggregate field system, two long houses and a medieval and post-medieval field system 700m SSW of Black Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 57 SE 55
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/41/14
• Old SAM Ref: 22288
• Pastscape: 440189

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not visible on Royal Air Force / National Monuments Record aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130764, 14/05/1992 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(SX57047112) Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and double orthostat walling. Internal diameter 6.7m. Wall 2m wide, 0.7m high. Doorway to south-south-east, partly blocked and clearly lined with slabs. Re-used during post-Medieval period, when upper part rebuilt in drystone and earlier doorway blocked.
Lies within irregular aggregate field system, and is one of the few not associated with a contemporary boundary wall. In the Medieval period this hut lay immediately next to a strip boundary bank.(SX57047112) Hut circle terraced into hillslope. Simple plan and double orthostat walling. Internal diameter 6.7m. Wall 2m wide, 0.7m high. Doorway to south-south-east, partly blocked and clearly lined with slabs. Re-used during post-Medieval period, when upper part rebuilt in drystone and earlier doorway blocked.
Lies within irregular aggregate field system, and is one of the few not associated with a contemporary boundary wall. In the Medieval period this hut lay immediately next to a strip boundary bank.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.

Visible on lidar data.

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

Visible.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-88 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 29/11/2019. Overall condition moderate. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-88 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 220° showing grass/moss and bracken cover.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7518 - Survey of the Stanlake Prehistoric Settlement
• EDV8195 - Field Investigation Survey of the Stanlake settlement

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