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Summary

Hut 'G' of 9.7 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. Paved floor with charcoal, flint, burnt stones and an iron oxide deposit recovered in 1905

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/4/7
• Old SAM County Ref: 869
• Old SAM Ref: 22208
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NW15

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.

Worth, R. H., 1905, 10th Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 141-5 (Article in Serial). SDV248367.

Hut 'g' . Hut of 9.7 metres internal diameter. Paved floor with charcoal, flint and burnt stones recovered. Iron oxide deposit.

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

Visited on 19th November 1987. Hut circle 'G' at SX53997774 of 6.4 metres internal diameter and levelled into the slope to a depth of 0.3 metres. The front is built up and the double-faced wall of boulders and stones is 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. The entrance is on the east side.

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

Large hut circle within Enclosure 'C' at 'Wedlake settlment' with an entrance to the east.

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.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.141-5

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: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake

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