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| HER Number: | MDV55394 |
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| Name: | Hut circle or cairn in settlement on Giant's Hill, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
Hut circle between the enclosures at the settlement on Giant's Hill. Identified in 2002 as a cairn of 6.9 metres diameter by 0.5 metres high
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 595 667 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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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
- National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 94
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/60/5
- Old SAM Ref: 24190
- Pastscape: 438767
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- (Alternate Type) CAIRN (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
- (Alternate Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140363, 02/06/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
(SX 5951 6678) One of three hut circles (the others are at SX 5954 6682 and SX 5954 6679). They lie within a partially enclosed area situated between the two agglomerated blocks forming this settlement. The northern hut is attached to a length of boundary wall, all three are terraced into the hillslope and are of the simple plan type, two have a rubble bank wall and one survives as an earthwork.
The interior of the northern hut is 3.0 metres in diameter and the surrounding wall is 1.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres high.
These huts lie between the two earliest enclosures within the settlement, and it is possible that this area was never completely enclosed and therefore the gap on the south-western side may be original.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 130, Map 49, Figure 49.14 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Hut circle on the south side of the wall between the two sets of enclosures at the settlemnt on Giant's Hill.
Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 285/102.009+999 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
(19/03/2002) SX 5952 6677. A cairn 6.9m in diameter and 0.5m high. Apparently undisturbed.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.
Cairn shown on survey.
Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.
Visible on Lidar data.
Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.
Hut circle shown on modern mapping.
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. 130, Map 49, Figure 49.14. |
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| SDV143510 | Report - non-specific: Thackray, C.. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape. 285/102.009+999. |
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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 140363, 02/06/1995. |
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| SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. |
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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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| SDV362956 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2019. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #130608 ] |
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| SDV364015 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV3352 | Part of: Giant's Hill Prehistoric Settlement, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV20052 | Related to: Enclosures on east side of settlement on Giant's Hill, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV126627 | Related to: Hut circle in eastern enclosures at settlement on Giant's Hill, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV43595 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement on Giant's Hill, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV126628 | Related to: Possible hut circle in settlement on Giant's Hill (Monument) |
| MDV55395 | Related to: Tinners' pit in hut settlement at Giant's Hill (Monument) |
| MDV126626 | Related to: Two hut circles in eastern enclosures at settlement on Giant's Hill, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV55393 | Related to: Two hut circles in the eastern enclosures of the settlement on Giant's Hill. Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV20053 | Related to: Western enclosures at settlement on Giant's Hill, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
| Date Last Edited: | May 31 2021 11:33AM |
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