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Summary

Hut circle or clearance cairn in the settlement north-west of Hentor Meadow. Survey in 2002 stated that while there is a superficial resemblance the larger appears to be a stone clearance heap and the other a small military structure.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 79
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/504/6
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438726

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Alternate Type) HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
• (Alternate Type) CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140385 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(16/04/1995) Not recorded by the Ordnance Survey. Gerrard's 'third' (hut 'C'?). The third hut lies south of the second (Gerrard's 'hut B', Ordnance Survey 'hut A'), and survives as 4.5m diameter internal area surrounded by a 1.2m wide and 0.6m high single orthostatic wall.

Robertson, J. G., 1991, The Archaeology of the Upper Plym (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV166324.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 118-121, Map 49, Figure 49.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.

central of three hut circles on the east side of the oval enclosure at Settlement 'C' at 'Lower hentor Brook'.

Gerrard, S., 1995, SAM 24230 (Plan - sketch). SDV164276.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(16/01/2002) Two adjoining features at SX 5848 6579 are depicted by Butler and Robertson as hut circles. While there is a superficial resemblance the larger appears to be a stone clearance heap and the other a small military structure.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Visible on the aerial photography.

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

Central of three hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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