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HER Number: | MDV128800 |
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Name: | Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
Hut circle within prehistoric field system at Deep Swincombe West
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 640 721 |
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Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Central western section of the Bronze Age Venford Reave at Swincombe, with a number of attached hut circle settlements and enclosures, as well as an extensive Bronze Age field system, a cairn and a post-Medieval blowing house on Down Ridge
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SW180
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/331
- Pastscape: 908621
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1802, Ordnance Survey Drawings (Cartographic). SDV338458.
National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX6472, 1/54, 2/63-7, 3/53,56-8 & 73-6 (Aerial Photograph). SDV245616.
Photograph taken on 22nd April 1976.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Field system south of Swincombe (Report - Survey). SDV243036.
This field system could be treated as a large and sprawling agglomerated enclosure, but it does not seem to have any apparent nucleus. It has about nine elements, and it contains five hut circles.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1988, Field System at Deep Swincombe West (Report - Survey). SDV243044.
Visited on 19th July 1988. Two hut circles and an extensive field system situated at centre SX63947213 on sloping ground south of Swincombe.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 208-210, Map 62, Figure 62.3 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Hut Circle (3) within the prehistoric field system at Deep Swincombe West with a diameter of 4.7 metres.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.
Hut circle shown on survey.
National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 908621, SX67SW180 (Website). SDV363416.
Hut Circle (B) at SX 6403 7210 with an internal diameter of 4.8 metres visible as a fragmentary ring of protruding stones accompanied by slight scarping. The remaining wall material is circa 1 metre wide and 0.45 metres high. Some of the visible stones may be facing slabs. No entrance is visible. The interior is terraced into the slope by cutting in to circa 0.2 metres.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV243036 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Field system south of Swincombe. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. |
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SDV243044 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1988. Field System at Deep Swincombe West. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. |
SDV245616 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. NMR SX6472. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1/54, 2/63-7, 3/53,56-8 & 73-6. |
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SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 208-210, Map 62, Figure 62.3. |
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SDV338458 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1802. Ordnance Survey Drawings. Map (Paper). |
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SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. |
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SDV363416 | Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 908621, SX67SW180. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV128798 | Parent of: Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV128798 | Related to: Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV26140 | Part of: Field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV128798 | Parent of: Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV128798 | Related to: Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
MDV128799 | Related to: Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
- EDV7062 - Survey of the Wheal Emma Leat, Dartmoor
Date Last Edited: | Jul 27 2020 12:38PM |
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