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Summary

A well-defined hut circle built into the slope. It measures 8.5 metres in diameter with a level interior some 3.8 metres in diameter. The boulder and rubble wall is spread but some facing slabs survive in situ; the wall is 0.7 metres high internally and 0.5 metres high externally. The position of the entrance is not clear. The monument is covered by bracken.

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 90
• Pastscape: 439364

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1964, RAF/58/6399, RAF/58/6399 F64 0382-0383 02-JUL-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363068.

An oval earthwork bank and hollow are visible.

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) SX55596346. A well-defined hut circle built into the slope. It measures 8.5 metres in diameter with a level interior some 3.8 metres in diameter. The boulder and rubble wall is spread but some facing slabs survive in situ; the wall is 0.7 metres high internally and 0.5 metres high externally. The position of the entrance is not clear. The monument is covered by bracken.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 1999-2017, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SX5563 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363087.

An oval earthwork bank and hollow are visible.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording forms, SM-37 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 02/10/2019. Site description appears good but hard to confirm due to hut circle 100% covered in tall bracken restricting view. Overall condition moderate. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2019, PALs Condition Recording photographs, SM-37 (Photograph). SDV363073.

View of east side of hut circle covered in bracken loking W.

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.

A bank 1.5m to 2.3m wide is visible as a subtle earthwork under scrub vegetation on aerial photographs of 1964 on the north-facing slopes of Shaugh Moor. The bank encloses a roughly oval hollow or terrace up to circa 4.6m across.
The circular feature is interpreted as the remains of a hut circle of Bronze Age date, possibly associated with an enclosure immediately to the north-east (MDV12953).
The bank and hollow are identifiable earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2007.

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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