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Summary

One of four hut circles south-west of Hangman's Pit. All the huts adjoin elements of the Dartmeet parallel reave system. They are terraced into the hillside to provide level interiors. This hut is 2.9 metres in diameter, with walls 1.0 metres wide and 0.5 metres high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020487: Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE267
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1088964

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, Map 60.15 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Depicted by Butler.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(18/04/1996) Centred SX 67127152. Four hut circles lie on the gentle north-facing slope 150 metres south-west of Hangman's Pit. All the huts (see associated records) adjoin elements of the Dartmeet parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 95). They are terraced into the hillside to provide level interiors with diameters in the range 2.7 metres to 6.0 metres. Only one hut possesses an identifiable entrance.
(SX 6710 7153) 2.9 metres in diameter, walls 1.0 metres wide, 0.5 metres high.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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