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| HER Number: | MDV128808 |
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| Name: | Hut within field system at Deep Swincombe West |
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Summary
One of three hut circles with fragmentary enclosures at the foot of the northern flank of Ter Hill. Hut measures 2.5m in diameter, with walls 1.5m wide, 0.4m high. Entrance to E. Terraced into slope.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 640 718 |
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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
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1976, NMR SX6472, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV245616.
Photograph taken on 22nd April 1976.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Remains of a field system, containing five hut circles, visible on aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 209, Map 62, Figure 62.3 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Isolated hut circle (5) of 3 metres diameter at a considerable distance uphill but associated with the prehistoric field system at Deep Swincombe West. The hut has an opening to the north-east.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(13/06/1995) Centred SX 64097193. Three hut circles and the fragmentary remains of six or seven enclosures lie in unenclosed moorland at the foot of the N flank of Ter Hill.
SX 6404 7182 Hut measures 2.5m in diameter, with walls 1.5m wide, 0.4m high. Entrance to E. Terraced into slope. Antiquity Model surveyed at 1:2500
ADAS, 1995, Field system (Worksheet). SDV243018.
Record sheet of 28th February 1995.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Hut circle shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV243018 | Worksheet: ADAS. 1995. Field system. |
| SDV245616 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. NMR SX6472. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 3. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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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. 209, Map 62, Figure 62.3. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #126653 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV26141 | Part of: Field system at Deep Swincombe West, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV12970 | Related to: Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West (Monument) |
| MDV128806 | Related to: Hut circle within field system at Deep Swincombe West (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8146 - Royal Commission Survey at Down Ridge and Swincombe
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 16 2022 10:49AM |
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