See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

Hut circle within unenclosed settlement west of Ford Brook of 6.7 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide by 0.8 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015428: Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW39
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/100/6
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/274
• Old SAM County Ref: 444
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24092
• Old SAM Ref: 10775
• Old SAM Ref: 24092(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW39, SX66SW39 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV156241.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133121 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 6th May 1993. Hut circle forming part of a cluster of huts lying between three enclosures. Terraced into the hillslope and of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 6.7 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.7 metres wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high, except on the south-east where it survives as a 0.7 metres high scarp.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 181-2, Map 52, Figure 52.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '5' of 8.1 metres diameter is the largest hut at 'Ford Brook Upper settlement'. It is damaged but has a massive wall over 2.5 metres thick with a large opening to the south-east.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1015428 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.