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HER Number:	MDV69556
Name:	Hut '42' in Enclosure 'E' at Langstone Moor settlement, Peter Tavy

Summary

Hut circle '42' in the curve of a boundary of Enclosure 'E' at Langstone Moor settlement

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 558 778
Map Sheet:	SX57NE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Peter Tavy
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	PETER TAVY

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1007554: Enclosures and stone hut circles forming part of a stone hut circle 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/17/47
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 in a curve of the boundary between Enclosure 'F' and Enclosure 'G' 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.

Feature No. 42 is shown on the English Heritage survey of 2003 as a jumble of stone on a level area at this location is probably not a hut circle.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007554 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

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


SDV255420	Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2003. The Langstone Moor Stone Circle, Peter Tavy, Devon and its Prehistoric Environs. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. 25. A4 Comb Bound. 7-9, 16, figs 2, 9.


SDV346026	Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital.


SDV361462	Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #138586 ]


SDV364674	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.


SDV364675	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1007554.

Associated Monuments

MDV4219	Part of: Langstone Moor hut circle settlement, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV27076	Related to: Enclosure 'E' within Langstone Moor settlement, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV69548	Related to: Hut '33' on north side of Enclosure 'E' at Langstone Moor settlement, Peter Tavy (Monument)

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

Date Last Edited:	Aug 21 2022 9:18AM

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