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| HER Number: | MDV125998 |
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| Name: | Hut in settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton |
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Summary
Identified during 2019 condition survey visit. A substantially built two-room hut circle at SX56428 71648. Each room is 2.0 metres wide with a dividing stone wall. The outer wall is made of a double rubble and orthostat bank 1.5 metres wide and 1.5 metres high in places.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 564 716 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
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, 38, Map 45, Figure 45.2 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Not shown at Leeden Tor East.
Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.
Photographed 30/04/2019.
Derry, C., 2019, Hut circle at SX56428 71648, WLK-31 (Worksheet). SDV363082.
(Visited 30/04/2019) A substantially built two-room hut circle at SX56428 71648. Each room is 2.0 metres wide with a dividing stone wall. The outer wall is made of a double rubble and orthostat bank 1.5 metres wide and 1.5 metres high in places. There is a trench built/cut into the outer north wall (military?) measuring 1.0 metre by 0.7 metres. Vegetation cover of grass, bilberry.
Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011168 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.
This monument includes four enclosures, 16 stone hut circles and a number of rubble walls arranged within an enclosing boundary and forming an enclosed stone hut circle settlement, situated on a gentle east-facing slope of Leeden Tor overlooking the valley of the River Meavy.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 38, Map 45, Figure 45.2. |
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| SDV363073 | Photograph: Various. 2018-2020. PALs Condition Recording photographs. PALs Condition Assessment Project Forms. Digital. |
| SDV363082 | Worksheet: Derry, C.. 2019. Hut circle at SX56428 71648. Worksheet. Digital. WLK-31. |
| SDV364016 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1011168. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV14306 | Part of: Hut circle settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument) |
| MDV50185 | Related to: Enclosures in settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument) |
| MDV125999 | Related to: Hut in settlement east of Leeden Tor, Walkhampton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 29 2021 11:00AM |
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