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Summary

Hut circle '3' of 2.8 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by 0.3 metres high to the south-west of the main Langstone Moor settlement

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007556: Stone walls and earthworks of seven hut circles, a length of field boundary and a clearance cairn forming part of a Bronze Age settlement on Langstone Moor
• SHINE: Earthworks and stone walls of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement with in excess of 40 hut circles, some with small enclosures, with another hut circle settlement to the west, on Langstone Moor, near Greena Ball

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NE/17/10
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 68-69, Map 30, Figure 30.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle to the west of the main settlement at 'Langstone Moor settlement'.

Newman, P., 2003, The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs, 7-9, 16, figs 2, 9 (Report - Survey). SDV255420.

Hut circle No. 3 shown on the English Heritage survey of 2003 as a disturbed 2.8 metre diameter circle with walls 0.3 metre high and 1.3 metres wide and a mound on the south wall.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle shown on survey.

GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.

Area of stone visible on the aerial photograph at the site of the circle.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007556 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes seven stone hut circles, a length of field boundary and a clearance cairn forming part of the large Bronze Age settlement on Langstone Moor. All seven huts are circular in plan and the internal diameters of these structures vary from 2.6 metres to 6 metres. The average height of the walls is 0.29 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7275 - Survey of the Langstone Moor stone circle and other prehistoric monuments nearby
• EDV7441 - Condition survey of the archaeological sites of Merrivale Training Area
• EDV7570 - Condition survey of Merrivale Range training area
• EDV8713 - Merrivale Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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