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| HER Number: | MDV128071 |
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| Name: | Possible hut circle on Wigford Down |
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Summary
A possible hut circle surviving as a robbed earthwork, partly absorbed into the bank of a tinners' reservoir. The circle has an overall external diameter of 8m with banks spread to 2.6m by 0.25m high. No visible stone has survived in the bank and no entrance is discernible.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 539 655 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Newman, P., 2020, New sites identified on Wigford Down (Correspondence). SDV363630.
A possible hut circle surviving as a robbed earthwork, partly absorbed into the bank of a tinners' reservoir. The circle has an overall external diameter of 8m with banks spread to 2.6m by 0.25m high. No visible stone has survived in the bank and no entrance is discernible.
Newman, P., 2020, Wigford Down Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey (Report - Survey). SDV363780.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV363780 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2020. Wigford Down Premier Archaeological Landscape, Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey. Southwest Landscape Investigations. Digital. [Mapped feature: #132786 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV128062 | Related to: Reservoir on north-west side of Wigford Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8316 - Wigford Down PAL survey
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 13 2021 10:50AM |
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