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Summary

Southern of a pair of hut circles in southern part of enclosure to the south-west of Hen Tor of 3.2metres by 4.2 metres with walls 1.3 metres wide and 0.8 metres high

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019082: Multi-period remains at Hentor Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 78
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/163/4
• Old SAM Ref: 24230(P)
• Pastscape: 438723

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Southern of a group of three hut circles shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE78, Hut N (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV163730.

(02/05/1950) SX 5913 6533 Hut N; one of a group of eight huts (G-N) described by the Ordnance Survey as being smaller than Huts A-F, averaging 5.5 metres in diameter. They are in poor condition generally, the walling in most parts has collapsed, average height 0.4 metres. Entrances are not obvious.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140441 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

18/04/1995 One of two hut circles forming part of a partially enclosed settlement (see also MDV55454). They survive as banks of earth and stone surrounding a circular internal area and lie within a 72m by 35m enclosure defined on three sides by a 1m wide and 0.5m high rubble bank and on the fourth by a spread of dense natural clitter.
Both huts are of the simple plan, single orthostat and earthwork walling type.
(SX 5914 6533) The interior of the southern hut is 4.1m in diameter and is defined by a 1.6m wide wall standing up to 0.9m high.
This hut is site No.102 517f in the National Trust Upper Plym inventory.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 122-3; Map 49, figure 49.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Southern of two hut circles shown within the southern part of Settlement 'D' at 'Upper Hentor Brook'.

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 145-7/102.517f (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

(22/03/2002) SX 5913 6533. A largely infilled hut measuring 3.2m north to south by 4.2m with walls 1.3m wide and 0.8m high.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut shown on suvey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UPHT-27 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

(06/02/2020) Condition of hut assessed as good/moderate; vegetation encroachment is threatening this feature. A very stone strewn site, wall lines / reaves are hard to distinguish in general boulder covered area. Recorder may have photographed the wrong hut here; most obvious and clearly defined features were photographed. All huts recorded have moderate to significant amount of low level bracken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photographs taken during February 2020 visit.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Southern of two hut circles shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019082 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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