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Summary

Western of two stone hut circles south-west of Down Tor. Diameter 8.9 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.3 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. A 185 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Bracken and grass. An infrequently used path leads through the centre of the hut, which is set on the edge of an openwork.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019572: Two stone hut circles 570m south west of Down Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE291
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/639
• Old SAM Ref: 24111
• Pastscape: 1342304

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP152412, 26/2/1998 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Western of two stone hut circles 570 metres south-west of Down Tor. Diameter 8.9 metres. Single orthostat wall 1.3 metres wide, 0.8 metres high. A 185 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. Bracken and grass. An infrequently used path leads through the centre of the hut, which is set on the edge of an openwork.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 65, Map 47.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

A small settlement lies of the edge of a huge tinner's excavation just uphill from the Middleworth to Deancombe track. A curved bank, now merely a step in the hillside, encloses a pair of hut circles against the dry stream bed. They measure 7.5 metres and 9.0 metres in diameter. One is partly cut through and the second has an annexe alongside.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007-2008, Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV359195.

(11/01/2008) A small settlement lies of the edge of a huge tinner's excavation. A curved bank, now merely a step in the hillside, encloses a pair of hut circles respectively 7.5m and 9m in diameter. One is partly cut through and the second has an annexe alongside. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, WLK-DT2 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 10/06/2019. Circle is covered with bracken and grass. Small hawthorn tree growing out of north side of wall. Path with a few bare patches running across site. Photos X 2 taken

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, WLK-DT2 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Visited 10/06/2019. Photos X 2 taken 1) General view looking west north west 2) View showing the path across the circle looking east north east

Historic England, 2021-2022, NRHE to HER website, Accessed 29/06/2021 (Website). SDV364039.

Two stone hut circles located 570 metres south-west of Down Tor. The western hut circle has an internal diameter of 8.9 metres, surrounded by a 1.3 metre wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. The southern half of the eastern hut circle has been destroyed by a later tin openwork, but the remaining wall measures 1.5 metre wide and up to 1.2 metres high, defining an internal area of 8 metres in diameter. Scheduled Monument Notification, 09/03/2001.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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