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Summary

One of four hut circles and several small enclosures on Chagford Common 200 metres south of Kes Tor Rock. Hut circle of 7 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide by 0.5 metres high opening into a small enclosure of 18 metres by 13 metres

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016691: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE130
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 900842
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/6/5
• Old SAM Ref: 28714

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, 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, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(11/10/1991) SX 66538607. Four hut circles and several small enclosures on the moderate SE-facing slope of Chagford Common 200m S of Castor Rock. The huts, 1-4 in the accompanying tabulation, vary in diameter from 4.7m to 6.3m. One (3) has a well-defined entrance in its SSE side. Three huts (1-3) are D-shaped, the flat sides, on the SW, formed by a reave. The remaining hut (4) has suffered a great deal of disturbance, its original shape is impossible to determine.
The associated enclosures vary in size between 0.01ha and 0.6ha.
These huts and fields form part of a well-developed parallel reave system.
A further table of information on the hut circles is held in the NRHE archive.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 149149 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(02/04/1997) SX 6658 8608 Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement within the Kestor coaxial field system. Diameter measures 7 etresm. Single orthostat and earthwork wall 1.7 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Internal area 38.46 square metres. A long edge set stone leasing through the wall with a slight gap on the north-north-west may indicate the door which faces 60 degrees. This hut probably abuts the reave. Grass and gorse.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 174, Map 36, Figure 36.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle '1' of 5.8 metres diameter with an entrance to the south-east and opening into its own small enclosure at 'Shovel Down East' to the south of Kes Tor.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Circle shown on survey.

Cartographic Engineering, 2006, Dartmoor 2006 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345590.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1016691 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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