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Summary

Hut circle, 8.0 metres diameter, partly buried by soil creep.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019603: Coaxial fields, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Halshanger and Horridge Commons, forming part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze Age parallel reave system on Mountsland, Halshanger and Horridge Commons, comprising the remains of a field system, hut circle settlements, enclosures and cairns, and surface remains of 19th century Hemsworthy Mine

Other References/Statuses

• MPP Archaeological Item Dataset: 152304
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/234
• Old SAM Ref: 28774
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

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., 152304 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visit 1st April 1999. Hut circle, 8.0 metres diameter. Double and single orthostat wall, 1.0 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Partly buried by soil creep. Vegetation: grass and bracken, the bracken almost exclusively limited to the hut circle.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 40, Fig. 5.1 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Newman, P., 2013, Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed (Report - Survey). SDV351113.

Newman, P., 2013, Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed, 8, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV351113.

Hut circle within the Rippon Tor newtake. Condition stable. Vegetation: short grassland

English Heritage, 2014, National Heritage List for England (National Heritage List for England). SDV355683.

Part of the Rippon Tor coaxial field system.

Newman, P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon (Report - Survey). SDV359145.

Hut circle on Horridge Common. A stone hut circle in poor condition located within a neighbourhood group of 16 dispersed huts on Halsanger Common, and the western corner of Rippon Tor enclosure, spread over about 7ha amidst the parallel reaves. Some are attached to reaves, though others are free standing. Condition is stable. SX 75060 74940

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, RT24 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(31/12/2019) Condition assessed as bad. Walls almost invisible under bracken gorse and grass cover. Also vegetation in centre of hut.

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

Image taken during December 2019 visit.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6433 - Assessment of Halsanger Common, Horridge Common and Rippon Tor
• EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey

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