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Summary

One of two isolated huts south-east of the main Merrivale settlement (see also MDV12829). Internal diameter measures 5.2 metres, hut has double walling 1.0 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. There is a 2.0 metre wide entrance gap on the south side. Recorded in 1979 and 1994. Visible on 2015 aerial photography.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1013432: A stone hut circle on Longash Common lying 870m ESE of Merrivale Bridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE73
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440237
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/140
• Old SAM Ref: 24196

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.

Hut circle visible on 1964 air photograph (according to the Ordnance Survey).

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.
B: SX 5580 7476. A Type 2 hut, internal diameter 5.2 metres and double walling 1.0 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. There is a 2.0 metre wide entrance gap on the south side. 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.

Not visible on aerial photographs used in the project.

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

(Visited 11/08/1994) Isolated stone hut circle situated on a gentle south-west facing slope overlooking the valley of an unnamed tributary of the River Walkham. Terraced into the hillside. Simple plan and double orthostat walling type. Interior measures 5.6 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.4 metre wide wall standing up to 0.8 metres high. The north-east wall is formed by a large earthfast boulder. The doorway survives as a south-west facing, partly blocked gap in the hut wall, 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 visible on the aerial photograph.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, MER-23 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

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

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, MER-23 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo looking 030° showing grass cover with gorse outcrops

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

Hut depicted on the modern mapping (matches the 2015 aerial photographic image of the hut).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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