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Summary

Remains of prehistoric enclosure(s) with at least five hut circles. Northern end of enclosure has been destroyed by tin working. Considered for scheduling in 1993 but not recommended owing to forestry damage. Surveyed in 2007.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a bronze age hut circle settlement with fragmentary enclosures 250 metres north of Leather Tor Bridge, Walkhampton

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE85
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440269
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/148

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Enclosure walls visible on aerial photograph.

Greeves, T. A. P., 1979, South West Water Authority Burrator Survey, No. 2 (Report - non-specific). SDV278356.

Remains of prehistoric enclosure(s) with at least five hut circles. North end of enclosure has been destroyed by tin working. Vegetation to be cleared by South West Water Authority.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE85 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV277016.

Four hut circles with related enclosure or field walling (citing J. Turner, undated).
(20/06/1980) Centred at SX 56847023, on a gentle southeast slope, are the remains of an enclosed settlement, now within a conifer plantation.
There are seven huts of which two (A and B on plan) are of Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71).
They have levelled interiors which measure 3.7m. and 4.5m. respectively, with walling 1.5m. wide and 0.4m. high. Both have inner and outer facing slabs and entrances in the southeast.
The other huts are of Type 1 (SX 56 SE 19), with rubble walling 1.2m. wide and 0.3m. high. The internal diameters range from 3.0m. to 3.7m. save for one (c) which is oval and measures 4.0m. by 2.2m. Only one hut has a visible entrance to the south-east. Another, of which little more than half remains is at the end of an enclosure wall, possibly at the entrance.
Three huts are built onto the incomplete enclosure walling which is generally about 1.8m. wide and 0.5m. high. It incorporates some upright slabs but is mainly of massive blocks heaped together.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on M.S.D. and at 1:2500.

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

Not visible due to tree cover on 1946 aerial photograph.

Turner, J. R., 1990, Ring Cairns, Stone Circles and Related Monuments on Dartmoor (Article in Serial). SDV229817.

Four hut circles with related enclosure or field walling.

Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.

(04/05/1993) Considered for scheduling under the Monument Protection Programme but not recommended for scheduling owing to forestry damage. Forestry operations have severely damaged the settlement.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 41-42, Mpa 45, Figure 45.5 (Monograph). SDV137656.

'Huts' shown to the south of the 'stream' at Stanlake Plantation. Two hut circles are shown with sections of walling.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007-2008, Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV359195.

(Undated) The remains of seven huts and a square plot some linked by sinuous boulder and stone field walls were surveyed at 1:2500 scale (quote from NRHE record and not attributed to this source but appears likely to be from this source. Richards, A. F., 11/10/2021).

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

'Settlement' shown on modern mapping with seven hut circles.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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