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Summary

The remains of a Bronze Age stone hut circle lying on a small natural terrace on an otherwise very steep east facing slope overlooking the West Okement River and Lints Tor. The settlement includes a solitary scheduled stone hut circle which survives as a 1.5 metre wide and 0.4 metre high rubble bank surrounding a 3.5 metre diameter circular internal area. Another possible hut to the north and length of field boundary.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and walling remains of two Bronze Age hut circles and a fragment of enclosure to the west of Lints Tor
• Scheduled Monument 1018912: Stone hut circle 420m south-west of Lints Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58NE32
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1063585

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(27/04/1994) Centred SX 5754 8743. One or two hut circles and a short length of field boundary lie on a slight shelf on the steep NE facing slope of Kitty Tor, overlooking the West Okement River. The S hut, at SX 5755 8739, consists of an unbroken ring of turf covered boulders 1m wide and a maximum of 0.4m high. The level interior is slightly ovoid, measuring 3.2m N-S by 2.6m and there is no obvious entrance. The possible N hut, at SX 5755 8746, is formed on three sides by large earthfast blocks with a low stony bank, 1.4m wide and 0.4m high, closing the remaining gap. The sloping interior measures 4.7m NE-SW by 4m and there is no obvious entrance.
The turf and stone boundary bank runs roughly SW-NE from SX 5753 8742 to SX 5755 8749 and measures on average 1.3m wide and 0.4m high.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.

(16/03/2004) This feature is as described IN1994 and is under no threat.

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

Two hut circles and a fragment of enclosure to the west of Lints Tor.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7620 - Okehampton Artillary Range
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
• EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

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