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Summary

An excavated (Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 1895) hut measuring 5.6 metres across (internally) with walls 2.5 metres wide and 1.0 metre high. A possible entrance lies in the south side.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019876: Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE69
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/4/23
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Pastscape: 438698

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130839 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

22/02/1993 (SX 57006528) Hut circle terraced into the hillslope, and of the simple plan, double orthostat and coursed walling type. Interior measures 5.5m in diameter and is defined by a 2m wide wall standing up to 0.9m high. Doorway faces south-south-west, is lined with slabs on both sides and is partly blocked with loose rubble.
Excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1895, and this work revealed a paved floor extending over the south-eastern half of the hut, a large number of cooking stones, three flint flakes and several pottery sherds.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 111-4, Map 49, Figure 49.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '10' of 5.5 metres diameter in the main enclosure of Settlement 'A' at Legis Tor. Excavation in 1895-6 found it partly paved with cooking stones, a few flints, charcoal and fragments of pottery.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(15/02/2005) One of 13 hut circles within a field system on the lower south and south-west flanks of Legis Tor. All but one of the huts are contained within five irregular, adjoining enclosures to the south of the settlement. The hut circles are largely integral with the enclosure banks though several are free-standing. All the huts have level interiors unless otherwise stated. Few display obvious entrances. All diameters are internal. Described separately; see related records.
SX 5701 6528. An excavated hut 5.6m across with walls 2.5m wide and 1.0m high. A possible entrance lies in the south side.

Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Depicted on the GIS survey layer.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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