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| HER Number: | MDV126461 |
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| Name: | Two huts within enclosures on the west side of Shapley Common, North Bovey |
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Summary
Two robbed hut circles are located within one of two D-shaped enclosures attached to the Shapley Common parallel reave system.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 686 820 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68SE299
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1329219
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 28, Map 25 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Two huts and a pair of enclosures. One hut is 8.4 metres in diameter with inner and outer walls partly turf-covered and it straddles the contour reave. A few earthfast slabs on the arc of a circle approximately 7.5 metres in diameter are all that remain of the second hut. It is built against the wall of the same enclosure.
Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines, M. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV363213.
(20/10/2000) Two robbed hut circles are located within one of two D-shaped enclosures (see MDV126460).
SX 6862 8203 A robbed hut circle, lying in dense heather vegetation. It appears to bisect the line of the reave but its true relationship to the reave remains uncertain. It seems to be cut into the crest of the hill with a single, possible double-faced, boulder/slab wall up to 0.9 metres in height. The recessed interior is 8.3 metres in diameter; the entrance may be in the north side.
SX 6860 8201 Vestiges of a robbed hut circle apparently built against the wall of one of the D-shaped enclosures. Its interior, some 5.9 metres to 6.2 metres across, is now delimited by scattered boulders and slabs a maximum 0.5 metres in height. It lies in deep heather vegetation and the position of the entrance is not evident.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on the aerial photographs.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 28, Map 25. |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #121811 ] |
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| SDV363213 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2002. Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines. English Heritage. A1/34/2002. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. M. Fletcher. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV126460 | Related to: Enclosures within reave system on west side of Shapley Common, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV64822 | Related to: Field system around Shapley Tor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 29 2022 2:46PM |
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