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HER Number:MDV127880
Name:Hut circle within north-eastern Enclosure 'F' on Stalldown, Cornwood

Summary

Hut circle within sub-circular prehistoric Enclosure 'F', on the lower southern slopes of Stall Down; part of a large concentration of huts and enclosures spread across this location

Location

Grid Reference:SX 637 612
Map Sheet:SX66SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishCornwood
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishCORNWOOD

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX 66 SW 21
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/21/6
  • Old SAM Ref: 10518
  • Pastscape: 442223

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.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX6361, 5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV138823.

Photograph taken on 22nd April 1976.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SW21, Enclosure F (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV165980.

Site visited on 4th August 1977. A terraced hut circle with an internal diameter of 5.5 metres and a wall 1.2 metres wide is built on the line of the enclosure wall.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

The hut circle is not visible on aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 41-42, Map 54, Figure 54.3 (Monograph). SDV337765.

The lower half of Hut 9 at circa 5 metres diameter has completely disappeared.

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

Feature not visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

A hut circle previously recorded as built into the exterior of the south wall, survives only as a crescent shaped kink in the line of the wall.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV138823Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. NMR SX6361. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 5.
SDV165980Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66SW21. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. Enclosure F.
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 41-42, Map 54, Figure 54.3.
SDV361462Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital).
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #124818 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV19970Part of: North-eastern enclosure 'F' on Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument)
MDV123438Related to: Enclosure 'B' within prehistoric settlement on the lower southern slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument)
MDV127924Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'B' on the lower southern slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument)
MDV127925Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'B' on the lower southern slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument)
MDV127926Related to: Linear features within prehistoric settlement on the lower southern slopes of Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument)
MDV4260Related to: North-western prehistoric Enclosure 'A' on Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument)
MDV4263Related to: South-eastern enclosure 'C' on Stalldown, Cornwood (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

Date Last Edited:Apr 19 2020 2:13PM