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| HER Number: | MDV56616 |
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| Name: | Possible hut on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy |
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Summary
A hut circle with possible annexe on the south-west side. The interior of the hut is a level platform terraced into the slope; its walls of collapsed rubble are 1.7m to 2.5m wide and 0.3m to 0.6m high. Two large stones in the south-western arc may define an entrance.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 530 794 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthworks of a Bronze Age field system with two associated hut circles and adjoining reave and a complex of probable 19th century mining structures and features on western side of Cudlipptown Down
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW137
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 919215
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/240
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (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 (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(15/01/1988) SX 5301 7946. A hut circle situated on a slight slope on a natural terrace 5m W of a boundary of field system (SX 57 NW 133). It has an internal diameter of 5.8m. The interior is a level platform terraced into the slope; its walls of collapsed rubble are 1.7m to 2.5m wide and 0.3m to 0.6m high. Two large stones in the SW arc may define an entrance.
On the SW is a possible annexe, measuring 3.7m by 3.3m and 0.7m high: the identification is not certain and it could be merely a pile of cleared stones.
See RCHME 1:2500 plan of Cudlipptown Down.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Ring of stones visible on the 2010 aerial images.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #133480 ] |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV56618 | Related to: Hut circle on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
| MDV56624 | Related to: Mining remains on Cuplipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
| MDV56619 | Related to: Possible hut on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 20 2021 12:50PM |
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