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Summary

Hut circle 'AA' of 6.6 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.8 metres high within the large settlement to the south-west of Little Mis Tor. A curving wall attaches this hut to Enclosure 'b' to the south.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016148: A prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape within Merrivale Newtake

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/21/4
• Old SAM Ref: 28788(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NE24

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX67NE24, SX57NE24 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV248326.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143904 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 16th November 1994. Hut 'aa' interior measures 6.6 metres in diameter and is surrounded by a 1.5 metres wide and 0.8 metres high double orthostat wall. The wall has been partly rebuilt and this is 0.7 metres wide by 0.8 metres high and of drystone construction. Only the inner face has been rebuilt and the outer wall of the hut is still clearly visible. This hut is butted by a field wall.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 71-72, Map 30, Figure 30.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut Circle '1' of 6.9 metres diameter is connected to the enclosure to the south by a length of curving wall at 'Little Mis Tor West 2' settlement. The hut has been rebuilt in more recent times, stones having been placed across the entrance and added to the wall.

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.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1016148 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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