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Summary

A poorly preserved hut circle north-east of Combestone Tor. The hut is terraced into the moderate slope with a level interior measuring 3.1 metres in diameter enclosed by rubble walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. There is no obvious entrance.

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: SX67SE243
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1074443

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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.

(Visited 25/04/1996) SX 6730 7196. A poorly preserved hut circle on the north facing slope 200 metres north-east of Combestone Tor. The hut is terraced into the moderate slope with a level interior measuring 3.1 metres in diameter enclosed by rubble walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. There is no obvious entrance.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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