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Summary

Hut 'E' of 5.7 metres diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 0.6 metres high in the settlement to the north-east of Wedlake Farm and to the west of the Colly Brook. Excavated in 1905

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007948: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the south slope of White Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 57 NW 15
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/4/5
• Old SAM County Ref: 869
• Old SAM Ref: 22208
• Pastscape: 439765

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Enclosures & Hut Circles' shown on early 20th century map.

Baring Gould, S., 1905, Tenth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 142-143 (Article in Serial). SDV64587.

One of 15 huts excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee. Hut circle E. A good circle. External diameter, 25 feet (7.6m); internal diameter, 17 feet (5.1m). Doorway on south side paved with stones. Found some pieces of pottery, some of which were lipped.
The floor was covered with the before-mentioned burnt-clay-looking stuff. A small horseshoe of iron was found on the "calm", 30 inches below the surface.
A striking feature of most of the hut circles in this settlement was, that though the first sight of the tops of the encircling stones on the surface, before excavation, was not particularly emphatic, on digging, the stones were all contiguous underground, and at their bases formed a continuous wall of well-laid stones. The unusual depth of the huts coupled with the last remark, may be due to the watery character of the situation. In nearly every case the digging was about 3 feet (0.91m) below the original surface, before we felt that the excavation was satisfactory.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX57NW15, SX57NW15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV228498.

(13/10/1978) Huts surveyed at 1:10 000 scale by the Ordnance Survey.

Fletcher, M. J., 1987, Unknown source title (Report - Survey). SDV346731.

(19/11/1987) One of a group of fifteen hut circles (MDV4106) on a gentle south-east facing hillslope. SX 53997777 Hut E. Measures 4.9m in internal diameter and is levelled into the slope to a depth of 0.4m. The front scarp is 0.3m high and the wall is constructed of small boulders and stones with some inner and outer facing slabs is 2.0m wide and up to 0.6m high.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 87-88, Map 31, Figure 31.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle '6' of 5.2 metres diameter within Enclosure 'C' at 'Wedlake settlement'. An iron horseshoe was found within this hut during excavation in 1905.

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 aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2019, Prehistoric Settlements North and South of Wedlake (Supplementary survey report) (Report - Survey). SDV363726.

Surveyed in August 2019.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007948 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV5970 - SHERD (Early Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC to 42 AD?)
• FDV5971 - DEPOSIT (Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD?)

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake
• EDV8415 - Excavation at settlement near Wedlake Farm

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