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| HER Number: | MDV126038 |
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| Name: | Hut circle 150 metres west of Chalk Ford, Buckfastleigh |
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Summary
An isolated ruined prehistoric hut circle located 10 metres south-west of a tin streamwork outer scarp to the west of Chalk Ford
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 683 681 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | West Buckfastleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKFASTLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.
Visible on the lidar data.
Newman, P., 2019, An Archaeological Earthwork Survey of Tinworks along the River Mardle, Dartmoor National Park Devon, Appendix, Figure 2 (Report - Survey). SDV363608.
A ruined prehistoric hut circle located 10 metres south-west of a tin streamwork outer scarp, 150 metres west of Chalk Ford. An approximately level circular platform cut into the slope, surrounded by the spread remains of a robbed wall is all that survives of this hut circle which has an internal diameter of 6.7 metres.
Newman, P., 2019, Survey data of tinworks along the River Mardle (GIS) (Cartographic). SDV363710.
Depicted on GIS survey layers from 2019 earthwork survey.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV360208 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2016. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV24748 | Related to: Earthwork bank on north-east of Buckfastleigh Moor (Monument) |
| MDV24735 | Related to: Streamworks along the River Mardle at Chalk Ford, Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8290 - Survey of tinworks along the River Mardle
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 17 2020 1:44PM |
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