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Summary

Isolated hut circle of 5.8 metres by 4.9 metres with walls up to 0.3 metres high situated on the crest of the broad flat ridge extending north-east from Shovel Down. Located 8 metres north-east of two upright slabs 3 metres apart

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE113
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 889143
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/273
• Old SAM Ref: 28663

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(14/08/1991) Hut circle situated on the crest of the broad flat ridge extending north-east from Shovel Down. Located 8m north-east of two upright stones (MDV54534) it measures 5.8m north-south by 4.9m. An entrance 1m wide and flanked by two recumbent blocks lies on the south-east. The walls, showing signs of internal facing are largely turf covered and stand to a maximum height of 0.3m. There is no apparent associated field system.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143987 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1997) Solitary hut circle at SX 6530 8632. Diameter measures 5.5 metres. Single orthostat and earthwork wall, 1.4 metres wide, 0.35 metres high. Internal area 23.74 metres. Doorway to 110 degrees (east-south-east), measures 0.9 metres wide and is faced on both sides.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 184-186, Map 37, Figure 37.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle '10' of 5.0 metres diameter 250 metres to the north-east of 'Stonetor Brook East settlement'. No fields are associated with the hut but a few metres away stand two large slabs facing each other 3 metres apart, obviously artificially set but with no discernible purpose.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Western half of a hut circle shown on survey.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Hut Circle' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017874 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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