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| HER Number: | MDV53359 |
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| Name: | Hut in enclosed settlement on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
One of a group of hut circles in an agglomerated enclosure on Lee Moor above Spanish Lake. An infilled sub-rectangular hut measuring 2.5 metres north to south by 1.9 metres bounded by walls 1.3 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Adjoined by MDV53358.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 585 646 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/17/5
- Old SAM Ref: 24119
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56SE3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV139161.
Enclosure and hut circles. A compound enclosure of the usual Dartmoor type. Walling of turf and heather covered stones reaching an average height of 0.5 metres. No obvious entrances.
Hut circle D. Diameter approximately 5.0 metres, fragmentary. Entrance probably to the north, opening into the enclosure.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133393/133401, 18/5/1994 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Hut D. Conjoined plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 2.6 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.4 metres wide wall standing up to 0.4 metres high. Attached to the north edge of hut E.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 162-3, Map 51, Figure 51.6 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Eastern of two hut circles on the southern boundary of the western enclosure within Settlement 'B' at 'Upper Spanish Lake'.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
SX 58526462. An infilled sub-rectangular hut measuring 2.5 metres north to south by 1.9 metres bounded by walls 1.3 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Adjoined by MDV53358.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Something is visible on the aerial photograph, although not very clear.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 162-3, Map 51, Figure 51.6. |
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| SDV139161 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX56SE3. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 133393/133401, 18/5/1994. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #94619 ] |
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| SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV2419 | Part of: Enclosed hut circle settlement on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV53360 | Related to: Hut circle in enclosed settlement on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV53356 | Related to: Hut in enclosed settlement on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV53358 | Related to: Hut in enclosed settlement on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV53357 | Related to: Hut in enclosed settlement on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV53361 | Related to: Hut in enclosed settlement on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV53355 | Related to: Hut in enclosure on Lee Moor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 17 2021 9:52AM |
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