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Summary

Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks enclosure of 3.1 metres diameter with walls 1.3 metres wide by up to 0.5 metres high. Attached to hut circle to the north and with Interior occupied by clearance material

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010650: Agglomerated enclosure with hut circles and later farmstead at Whittenknowles Rocks

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 NE 49
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/16/5
• Old SAM County Ref: 571
• Old SAM Ref: 10710
• Pastscape: 438638

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 and larger of two adjoining hut circles shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX56NE49, Hut I (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV216718.

(30/05/1950) Hut I (SX 5847 6707) One of five large hut circles (average diameter 7.5m, height 0.5m), walls of turf and large stones. Entrances to the south-west.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 26-7, Map 49, Figur 49.11 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Adjoining hut not shown at Whittenknowles Rocks enclosure.

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

(03/08/1999) Whittenknowles Rocks. One of 29 confirmed hut circles within an area of dense clitter on a south-facing hillside some 600m north of Ditsworthy Warren House.
SX 58476 67072 Internal diameter measures 3.1m, with walls 1.3m wide (up to 0.5m high). Interior occupied by clearance material.

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

(10/03/2005) This extensive site remains in a stable condition and is as described in 1999 survey visit.

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

Southern of two adjoining hut circles shown on survey.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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.

Noted on GIS survey data.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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