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Summary

One of three hut circles east of Bush Down. Hut circle of 6.5 metres diameter with walls composed of two concentric circles of upstanding stones with some smaller rubble fill. Overgrown with heather and grass.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003058: Three hut circles E of Bush Down

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/33/1
• Old SAM County Ref: 972C

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ormerod, G. W., 1864, On the Hut Circles on the Eastern Side of Dartmoor, 304 (Article in Serial). SDV304174.

Two hut circles noted at Bush Down, beside the Moretonhampstead to Tavistock road, of approximately 6 metres and 7.75 metres diameter.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on 19th century map with a section of wall between them.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on early 20th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX68SE15 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV314534.

(Visited 18/06/1978) SX 6849 8216: Two crude hut circles situated on a north west facing slope at around 1475 feet OD.
'A' at SX 6848 8215 has a diameter of 6.5 metres with orthostatic walling up to 0.7 metres high and a possible entrance in the north east.
Both are in poor condition. Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 28, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Southern of two hut circles of 6.5 metres diameter within Homestead '2' to the east of Bush Down.

Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines, M. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV363213.

(20/10/2000) Two robbed hut circles linked by a fragmentary boulder wall to the Shapley Common parallel reave system (SX 68 SE 178). It is not possible to discern from the visible evidence the relationship of the huts to the reave system and were part of a free standing enclosure.
SX 6849 8215: The robbed remains of this hut comprise a double-faced wall with surviving upright slabs and boulders a maximum 0.8 metres in height. The interior slightly levelled into the hillslope measures 6.3 metres by 5.4 metres; the level stance is disturbed by pits and displaced boulders. The entrance appears to have been in the northern side.
Surveyed at 1:2000 scale.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Southern of two 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

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