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HER Number:	MDV12705
Name:	Hut circle on the north-east side of Wigford Down

Summary

One of two huts in / on the edge of a sub-circular enclosure within a larger rectangular enclosure / fields on the north-eastern side of Wigford Down.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 549 652
Map Sheet:	SX56NW
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Meavy
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	MEAVEY

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1002523: Settlement on Wigford Down S of Durance
SHINE: Earthworks and walling of Bronze age parallel reave field system with hut circle settlements and cairns, plus deserted Medieval settlements with long houses and pillow mounds, on Wigford Down

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NW/55
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, SX56NW27 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV229400.

Circular cropmark, probably a hut circle, visible on aerial photograph within a short distance south of a later rectangular enclosure boundary.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, 3239-40 (Aerial Photograph). SDV340833.

Price, D. G., 1978, Settlement and ancient fields on Wigford Down, 69-75 (Article in Serial). SDV220620.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.

Not recorded from the 1946 aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 78, Map 48.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Depicted by Butler; one of two huts in / on edge of sub-circular enclosure within larger rectangular enclosure / fields on the north-eastern side of Wigford Down.

GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345751.

Visible on the aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV137656	Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 78, Map 48.1.


SDV220620	Article in Serial: Price, D. G.. 1978. Settlement and ancient fields on Wigford Down. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 110. Unknown. 69-75.


SDV229400	Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. SX56NW27. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.


SDV319854	Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.


SDV340833	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1190. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3239-40.


SDV345751	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital). Digital. [Mapped feature: #80612 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV2219	Part of: Parallel reave system on Wigford Down (Monument)
MDV2340	Related to: Hut circle on the north-east side of Wigford Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Sep 15 2017 1:26PM

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