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Summary

Hut circle of 8.2 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by 1.1 metres high within the large settlement west of Little Mis Tor. The hut lies outside and to the north-west of the associated field system. The doorway faces south and is lined on both sides

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/38/8
• Old SAM Ref: 28788(P)
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NE23

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

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, 1978, SX57NE23, SX57NE23 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV237029.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 143906 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 16th November 1994. Hut circle forming part of a large prehistoric hut settlement. It is unenclosed, of the simple plan type and survives as a stone and earth bank surrounding a circular internal. The interior measures 8.2 metres in diameter and is surrounded by a 1.3 metres wide and 1.1 metres high double orthostat wall. The doorway faces south and is lined on both sides, although the left side jamb has collapsed into the passage.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 69-71, Map 30, Figure 30.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle '1' of 8.5 metres diameter lies outside the fields to the north of Settlement '4' at 'Little Mis Tor West'. A tall jamb stone still stands at the southern entrance and a 'bury' has been built a few metres from its walls.

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

Large hut circle 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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