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Summary

Simple plan hut with forecourt and rubble bank walling. Interior measures 2.3 metres in diameter and the surrounding wall is 1.4 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. The forecourt is attached to the south side, measures 8 metres long, 6.3 metres wide and is defined by a 1.2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high rubble wall. The hut and forecourt are both attached to the inner face of the northern half of the enclosure.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019876: Prehistoric settlement, three round cairns and a post-medieval rabbit warren at Legis Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/72/3
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NE70

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FORECOURT (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))
• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 2200 BC to 42 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Large oval feature shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130857 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(22/02/1993) One of six stone hut circles and a small D-shaped structure forming part of an extensive settlement (associated with a group of three prehistoric enclosures).
Six stone hut circles composed of circular banks of stone and earth surrounding an internal area survive either within the enclosures or are attached to the walls.
Hut E is of the simple plan with forecourt and rubble bank walling type. Interior measures 2.3m in diameter and the surrounding wall is 1.4m wide and 0.4m high. The forecourt is attached to the south side, measures 8m long, 6.3m wide and is defined by a 1.2m wide and 0.5m high rubble wall. The hut and forecourt are both attached to the inner face of the northern enclosure.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 111-4, Map 49, Figure 49.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '14' of 6.0 metres diameter on the interior of the eastern wall of the complete enclosure within Settlement 'B' at Legis Tor. The large hut has two smaller circles attached to the north and south sides against the boundary wall.

Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360209.

Visible on lidar data.

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

Hut circle with small adjoining features to the north and south visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Depicted on survey.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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