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HER Number: | MDV62348 |
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Name: | Stone Structure on Halshanger Common |
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Summary
Remains of a stone structure on Halsanger Common. Possibly a hut circle within an enclosure site.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 745 745 |
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Map Sheet: | SX77SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Ashburton |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | ASHBURTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SW/430
- Old SAM Ref: 28774
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- STRUCTURE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Indistinct circular feature visible on the aerial photography.
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., 152337 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
Stone structure on Halsanger Common.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 40, figure 5.1, Map 5 (Monograph). SDV299725.
Butler depicts this feature as a possible hut circle (number 15). A roughly circular arrangement of loose stones and earthfast stones may be the remains of a building.
Newman, P., 2013, Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed (Report - Survey). SDV351113.
This feature was not identified on the ground at the original HER grid reference of SX74607456.
Newman , P., 2015, Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, 59 (Report - Survey). SDV359145.
Alleged stone structure on Halshanger Common; an amorphous mound of stones of unknown date or purpose. Condition is stable. SX74570 74529
Sources / Further Reading
SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. 152337. |
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SDV299725 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East. One. Paperback Volume. 40, figure 5.1, Map 5. |
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SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #96986 ] |
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SDV351113 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2013. Halshanger Sites Visited and Confirmed. Digital. |
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SDV359145 | Report - Survey: Newman , P.. 2015. Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Bound + Digital. 59. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV62313 | Related to: Hut circle in settlement on Halshanger Common (Monument) |
MDV25219 | Related to: Settlement on Halshanger Common (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6433 - Assessment of Halsanger Common, Horridge Common and Rippon Tor
- EDV6836 - Rippon Tor Premier Archaeological Landscape survey
Date Last Edited: | Apr 18 2016 10:50AM |
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