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Summary

One of two hut circles on the edges of a small irregular enclosure 200m south of Bench Tor. Both huts are well-constructed with coursed boulder walls, the interiors are largely obscured by vegetation and neither possesses an identifiable entrance. This hut measures 7.8m in internal diameter with walls 2.0m wide and up to 0.5m high. Both adjoin the boundary wall of a small contemporary enclosure forming part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020091: Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE236
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1074434
• Old SAM Ref: 22369

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(25/04/1996) Centred SX 6909 7146. Two hut circles on the edges of a small irregular enclosure 200m south of Bench Tor. Both huts are well-constructed with coursed boulder walls, the interiors are largely obscured by vegetation and neither possesses an identifiable entrance.
The southernmost hut, at SX 6910 7144 measures 7.8m in internal diameter with walls 2.0m wide and up to 0.5m high.
Both adjoin the boundary wall of a small contemporary enclosure forming part of the Dartmeet parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 95).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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