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Summary

Hut circle within triangular enclosure on Yartor Down; built against a reave in the Dartmeet parallel system. This hut circle survives with elements of both internal and external walls visible. The internal wall consists of several edge-set orthostats. The interior is level with some tumble and a probable entrance oriented approximately south-south-west. The hut is built into the corner of an enclosure.
The hut is associated with the walls of a small enclosure, which is itself attached to reaves of the Dartmeet parallel reave system. Some of the walls have been refurbished in the post-prehistoric period and additional enclosures added to the west, comprising wall banks with stone faces with external ditches. A gully of unknown purpose has been cut just to the north of the hut circle.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE17
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442904

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX67SE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV282703.

(20/09/1951) Hut circle in poor condition, stones to the west about 0.7 meteres above ground level but remainder overgrown with ferns and heather sinking. Diameter 8.6 metres, height 0.7 metres.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV347060.

(03/06/1980) On the south west slope of Yartor Down at 302m OD is a hut circle, joined to a field wall of the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 94). It is of Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) with an internal diameter of 9.6m and double walling of large boulders totalling 1.8m wide and 0.7m high. There is an entrance gap on the south.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 124-5 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Large hut circle (9.5 meters in diameter) opens into a triangular enclosure within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. Walls are constructed of some massive stones. Other details: Map 14, 1.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(14/03/2008) This hut circle survives with elements of both internal and external walls visible. The internal wall consists of several edge-set orthostats. The interior is level with some tumble and a probable entrance oriented approximately south-south-west. The hut is built into the corner of an enclosure.
The hut is associated with the walls of a small enclosure, which is itself attached to reaves of the Dartmeet parallel reave system. Some of the walls have been refurbished in the post-prehistoric period and additional enclosures added to the west, comprising wall banks with stone faces with external ditches. A gully of unknown purpose has been cut just to the north of the hut circle.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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