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Summary

One of five hut circles to the east of Yealm Steps of 7.2 metres diameter with walls 2.4 metres wide by 1 metre high and an entrance to the south

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015431: Five stone hut circles 320m east of Yealm Steps forming part of a large stone hut circle settlement

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW30
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/253
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/253/3
• Old SAM County Ref: 460
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24101
• Old SAM Ref: 10849
• Old SAM Ref: 24102

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.

One of a group of five hut circles shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1977, SX66SW30, SX66SW30 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146089.

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

Three linked huts recorded here by the Aerial Photograph Project.

Ancient Monuments, 1990, Schedule description (Schedule Document). SDV137783.

(Estimated 1990) Three hut circles on south facing slope east of Yealm Steps. Diameters 10m, 11m and 13m respectively, with coursed walls up to 2m thick, 1.5m high. Entrances to south.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133112 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 11th March 1993. Stone hut circle forming part of a cluster of five stone hut circles terraced into the hillslope and of the simple plan and coursed walling type. Interior measures 7.2 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2.4 metres wide wall standing up to 1 metre high. Doorway survives as a partly blocked gap in the surrounding wall, is lined on the east and faces south.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 183-7, Map 52, Figure 52.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '15' of 7.6 metres diameter is one of a group of five hut circles to the north of the enclosures at 'Ranny Brook'. There is an entrance to the south.

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, 1015431 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes a cluster of five stone hut circles situated on the northern edge of a large stone hut circle settlement, lying on a south-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Yealm. The stone hut circles survive as banks of stone and earth each surrounding a circular internal area. The internal diameters of these huts varies between 5.5 metres and 7.4 metres. The height of the surrounding wall varies between 0.7 metres and 1 metre. All five huts have visible doorways.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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