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Summary

Isolated stone hut circle situated on a gentle south-west facing slope overlooking the valley of an unnamed tributary of the River Walkham. Interior measures 7 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.4 metres wide wall standing up to 1 metre high.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013433: A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 980m ESE of Merrivale Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE73
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440237
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/138
• Old SAM Ref: 24197

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1964, F63/58/6399, 042-3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV229824.

Visible; with another at SX 55817476.

National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX5574/2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV277344.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX57SE73 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV277342.

Two hut circles on a gentle south slope, now waterlogged due to breaks in a leat to the north.
A: SX 5592 7473. A Type 2 hut with double-faced walling and rubble infill. The wall is 1.2 metres wide and 0.5 metres high; the internal diameter measures 7.2 metres and there is an entrance 1.0 metres wide on the south. Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:2500.

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

Visible on aerial photographs and recorded on map overlay.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133402 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(Visited 11/08/1994) SX 5592 7473 Isolated stone hut circle situated on a gentle south-west facing slope overlooking the valley of an unnamed tributary of the River Walkham. Simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 7.0 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.4 metre wide wall standing up to 1.0 metres high. Doorway survives as a 0.65 metre wide, south-south-east facing gap in the hut wall and is lined on both sides by granite slabs.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, Map 44 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Depicted by Butler.

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

Hut is still clearly visible on the aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, MER-22 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 2/10/2019. Hut circle covered with grass with gorse outcrops on stone walls. Overall condition good. Photo taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, MER-22 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 010° showing grass cover with gorse outcrops on stone walls.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

Depicted on the modern mapping, this hut has been mapped by the Ordnance Survey since the early 20th century.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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