More information : SX 67637342 Hut Circle (NR) (1)
Part of a Bronze Age/Iron Age settlement with associated fields
(see also SX 67 SE 16). (2)
Hut circle and fields visible. (3)
On the wouth 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. (4)
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 SSW. The hut is built into the corner of an enclosure. Internal diameter (ie across the internal wall) 9m and the walls are 2.0m thick. The height of the internal wall is 1.0m high and the external wall is 1.5m high. The hut is associated with the walls of a small enclosure, which is itself attached to reaves of the Dartmeet 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. (5)
Depicted and described by Butler (5a)
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