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Summary

Small, oval hut in enclosure, near the south-east corner of boundary wall. Poorly built, this hut measures 2.9 metres in diameter with a level interior enclosed by boulders placed in a rough circle. A gap in the east side may indicate the site of a former entrance. This building is attached to the inner face of the south enclosure. Possible evidence of later (perhaps post-Medieval alteration).

Location

Protected Status

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

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 70
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/72/3
• Old SAM Ref: 22289
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NE70
• Pastscape: 438701

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Early Bronze Age to Post Medieval - 2200 BC to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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 F is of the simple plan and rubble bank walling type. Interior is oval, measures 3m long by 2.3m wide and is surrounded by a 1m wide and 0.35m high wall. This building is attached to the inner face of the south enclosure.

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

Hut circle in the south-east corner of the complete enclosure within Settlement 'B' at Legis Tor.

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

Visible on lidar data.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(07/02/2005) Hut within enclosure at the foot of the south flank of Legis Tor on the right bank of the River Plym. The lower, southern, part of the eastern enclosure possesses a single hut:
SX 5732 6525. A poorly built feature 2.9m in diameter with a level interior enclosed by boulders placed in a rough circle. A gap in the east side may indicate the site of a former entrance.
This site possesses several features that would appear to be of later origin to the main enclosures and hut circles. These include the low banks that subdivide the western enclosure and several shorter banks and a small pound within the northern half of the eastern enclosure. It is also possible that the hut at SX 5732 6525 falls into this category. The presence of stone clearance debris in several of the huts points towards later (probably post-Medieval) activity on this site.

Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.

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

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.

Outline of 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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