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Summary

Set within the Dartmeet parallel reave system, a pair of circles has been identified by Butler, although one is less certain. Built against a bank and measuring 4.3 metres in diameter, half of this hut was destroyed when the bank was reconstructed.

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: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, Map 16.5, page 132 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Set within the Dartmeet parallel reave system, a pair of circles has been identified by Butler, although one is less certain. Built against a bank and measuring 4.3 metres in diameter, half of this hut was destroyed when the bank was reconstructed. Slight traces of another possible hut lie a few metres uphill.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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