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Summary

A solitary hut circle on the steep north-east facing slope of Slade Newtake 500 metres west of Saddle Bridge. The hut is small with internal measurements of 3.7 metres north-south by 2.8 metres and lies adjacent to a transverse reave forming part of the Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. It is terraced into the slope with a level interior and walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. A possible entrance lies in the south-eastern quadrant.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE198
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1065063

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, Map 61 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Depicted and described by Butler.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV346608.

(10/01/1996) SX 6611171747. A solitary hut circle on the steep north-east facing slope of Slade Newtake 500 metres west of Saddle Bridge. The hut is small with internal measurements of 3.7 metres north-south by 2.8 metres and lies adjacent to a transverse reave forming part of the Dartmeet Parallel Reave System (locally SX 67 SE 95). It is terraced into the slope with a level interior and walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. A possible entrance lies in the south-eastern quadrant.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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