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Summary

A hut circle cut into the slope. It is 6.8 metres in diameter with a level interior some 4.3 metres in diameter. The wall, which is now damaged or destroyed in places comprises large facing slabs, some fallen with an average height of 0.5 metres. The back scarp is 0.5 metres high. The position of the entrance is not clear but it was located either in the north or the east quadrant. Several large stones visible on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016 are probably the remains of the hut wall.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002517: Pounds and hut circles N of Saddlesborough

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 88
• Pastscape: 439358

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, fig 48.3 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Depicted by Butler.

Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., 1998, Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey (Report - Survey). SDV343481.

(Visited 02/12/1997) SX55676357. A hut circle cut into the slope. It is 6.8 metres in diameter with a level interior some 4.3 metres in diameter. The wall, which is now damaged or destroyed in places comprises large facing slabs, some fallen with an average height of 0.5 metres. The back scarp is 0.5 metres high. The position of the entrance is not clear but it was located either in the north or the east quadrant.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5563 31-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

Stone settings are identifiable.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photographs.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, SM-33 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 02/10/2019. Site description is good. Overall condition good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, SM-33 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Overall view looking S.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

The hut is not identifiable as an earthwork on the aerial photographic or lidar derived sources available to the survey. Five large stone settings are identifiable in a rough circular arrangement incorporated into the northern side of the surrounding enclosure on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016. These are probably the visible remains of the hut wall. Two similar circular stone settings are visible in the southern edge of the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4967 - Survey of Shaugh Moor
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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