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Summary

On the flat ridge top within an area of bracken lies the remains of a probable Bronze Age hut circle. It is now visible as a sub-circular depression 7.5 metres in diameter and 0.3 metres deep with an almost complete perimeter kerb of stones averaging 1.1 metres long, 0.3 metres wide and protruding 0.2 metres above the ground.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002588: Hut circle 300yds (270m) SW of Meacombe
• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age hut circle south-west of Meacombe Farm
• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age hut circle south-west of Meacombe Farm
• SHINE: Earthwork remains of a Bronze Age hut circle south-west of Meacombe Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX78NW42
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 445579
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/63
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX78NW/9
• Old SAM County Ref: 724

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ancient Monuments, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV306786.

Vis=-/5/1969 (ancient monuments) sam 724 hut circle (diam 7.6m) 275m sw of meacombe. Centre slightly depressed. The walling is incomplete and largely turfed over, masking any constructional details. vis=-/5/1969 (ancient monuments) sam 724 hut circle (diam 7.6m) 275m sw of meacombe. Centre slightly depressed. The walling is incomplete and largely turfed over, masking constructional details (am)

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV306791.

Des=worksheet. Vis=29/12/1978 (weston) and 17/3/1982 (robinson) no sign of this structure at the given site could be found by fmw's. R. Robinson found a half hut-circle at sx72628652 which may well be the site. See sx78nw/63 (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV306792.

Des=doe/letter to dartmoor npo/(10/3/1983)/in parish file. SAM 724 is wrongly located on DOE 1969 scheduling maplet. Sx78nw/63 should be regarded as sam 724 (doe, letter 10/3/1983).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV306793.

Des=doe amendment to am7 dated 27/4/1983. Location of sam 724 legally changed (doe letter 27/4/1983).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305896.

Des=worksheet. The circle may equally well be the kerb of a barrow (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV305897.

Des=doe/letter to dartmoor npo/(10/3/1983)/in parish file. It is confirmed that the location of sam 724 is wrongly given on doe 1969 scheduling maplet. This site should be regarded as the real sam 724 (doe).

Turner, J. R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV37204.

vis=-/5/1969 (ancient monuments) sam 724 hut circle (diam 7.6m) 275m sw of meacombe. Centre slightly depressed. The walling is incomplete and largely turfed over, masking constructional details (am)

Robinson, R., 1982, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1982 (Un-published). SDV342809.

(Visited 17/3/1982) Hut circle or kerb circle lying on crest of spur of hill. A semi-circle remains: a kerb of 7 close-set stones, with a gap on the e side. When complete, diameter would have been c.8.3m. Centre slightly hollow, level turf. This is very similar to the description of sam 724, which fmw's of late have been unable to find. It is probable that it has been mislocated on the scheduling document, and that this and sx78nw/9 are the same site.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1982, SX78NW42 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV305898.

(16/03/1982) SX 72628652. On the flat ridge top at approximately 252m. O.D. within an area of bracken lies the remains of a probable hut cirle. It is now visible as a sub-circular depression 7.5m. in diameter and 0.3m. deep with an almost complete perimeter kerb of stones averaging 1.1m. long, 0.3m. wide and protruding 0.2m. above the ground. (See Ground Photograph). For a probable BA enclosure and field system nearby see SX 78 NW 10.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on M.S.D.

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

Not visible on 1946 RAF photos.

Robinson, R., 1986, List of Field Monument Warden Visits 1986 (Un-published). SDV345664.

Visited 06/03/1986.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor, 42 71 fig 16, D1 (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

A small orthostatic circle, diameter 8.9m. The close spaced stones project only a few cms above ground around part of the circumference of a semi-circular depression. Measures 14m from the centre, opposite the gap in the ring, there is a large boulder, possibly an outlier.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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