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HER Number:MDV6482
Name:Hut in field west of the Holne Moor Leat

Summary

One of a pair of huts (see also MDV6481), this hut has an internal diameter of 8.5 metres with walling 1.8 metres thick and 0.9 metres high. There is a levelled interior and a southern entrance.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 676 717
Map Sheet:SX67SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishHolne
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishHOLNE

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67SE45
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 442986
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/89/2
  • Old SAM County Ref: 797A
  • Old SAM Ref: 22368

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX67SE45, Hut B (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140775.

(Visited 27/4/1950) Hut B. One of two hut circles. Diameter 10 metres. Walling of large turf covered stones in poor state of preservation. No obvious entrance.

National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6771, 66-69 (Aerial Photograph). SDV141238.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE45 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140770.

B: SX 6760 7177: A type 3 hut. It has an internal diameter of 8.5 metres with walling 1.8 metres thick and 0.9 metres high. There is a levelled interior and a southern entrance. Surveyed 1:10 000 on PFD.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Visible on 1977 aerial photograph.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(Visited 18/04/1996) SX 6763 7182 and SX 6762 7178: Apart from corrections to the grid references the 1977 description of these huts is correct.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV140770Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE45. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown.
SDV140775Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950. SX67SE45. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. Hut B.
SDV141238Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1977. NMR SX6771. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 66-69.
SDV173671Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 1997. Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. [Mapped feature: #119698 ]
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.

Associated Monuments

MDV27685Part of: Dartmeet parallel reave system on Holne Moor (Monument)
MDV6481Related to: Hut in field west of the Holne Moor Leat (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

Date Last Edited:Mar 4 2022 12:28PM