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| HER Number: | MDV5927 |
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| Name: | Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever |
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Summary
Hut circle within the Kraps Ring enclosed settlement, Bellever. This circle is one of the smallest and is located approximately in the centre of the enclosure. Southern side is better preserved than the northern side.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 644 781 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/57/2
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 is depicted on the late 19th century historic map.
Turner, J. R., 1976, Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land. Fernworthy and Bellever (Report - non-specific). SDV351823.
Site number 5A(h) in Bellever Plantation, Lakehead. Included in 1955 Spooner/Dixon report: (Lakehead Bellever Laughter, site no.12).
Eight metres north-north-east of hut (a). This feature measures approximately 2.0 metres in diameter. Stone wall enclosure on a platform site. Well defined on southern side, stones removed from the northern side. Investigated in 1895 but found to have much been disturbed previously. Not planted over.
Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association, 1976, Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party (Report - non-specific). SDV248248.
Bellever Lakehead (A) 5.A An enclosure with seven hut circles is recorded in the summary report. (Main detail in the 1976 Field Report).
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 144257, (9/7/1997) (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Stone hut circle forming part of a partially enclosed stone hut circle settlement known as Kraps Ring.
Diameter 3.6 metres, double and single orthostat wall 1.1 metres wide, 0.5 metres high. Internal area 10.17 metres. Northern side survives as rubble scarp. Enclosed.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 43-4; fig 27.6 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Newman, P., 1993, RCHME Field Investigation at Lakehead Hill (Report - Survey). SDV262456.
Hut circle (8) at SX 64427814. A 3.3 metre diameter ring of stones set into a turf and heather covered bank of 1.3 metres wide by 0.3 metres high. No visible entrance.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Hut-circle is depicted on the modern map.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 43-4; fig 27.6. |
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| SDV248248 | Report - non-specific: Dartmoor National Park Authority + Forestry Commission + Dartmoor Preservation Association. 1976. Conservation of Ancient Monuments. The Report of a Working Party. Dartmoor National Park Authority Field Report. A4 Bound. |
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| SDV262456 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 1993. RCHME Field Investigation at Lakehead Hill. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field Investigation. Unknown. |
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| SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 144257, (9/7/1997). |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #96382 ] |
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| SDV351823 | Report - non-specific: Turner, J. R.. 1976. Ancient Monuments on Forestry Commission Land. Fernworthy and Bellever. Dartmoor National Park Authority Field Report. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5861 | Part of: Kraps Ring enclosed hut circle settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV59148 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5862 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5864 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5865 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5866 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5867 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5868 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV59144 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV59145 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV59146 | Related to: Hut circle within Kraps Ring, Bellever (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7388 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7406 - Archaeological condition survey in Bellever Woods
- EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 3:03PM |
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