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Summary

Measures 6.3 metres diameter has lost half its wall but the remainder is well preserved with several courses of stone in place (Butler, 1993; hut circle '5' within Enclosure 'A' at Zeal Hill South.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012776: Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SE29
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441846

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66SE29 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV145167.

(22/12/1977) There are nine huts inside and one outside the enclosure, three being attached to the enclosure walling. All but one of the huts inside the enclosure are of type 2. The other at SX 67796297, is of type 1, possibly built on the remains of type 2. The internal diameters vary from 3.5 metres to 7.0 metres with walling averaging 1.9 metres thick and 0.5 metres high. The majority of the entrances are to the south-east. The huts have levelled interiors and are generally in good condition.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 103-104, Map 57, Figure 57.2 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '5' within Enclosure 'A' at 'Zeal Hill South' of 6.3 metres diameter has lost half its wall but the remainder is well preserved with several courses of stone in place.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1012776 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

Enclosure with hut circles north of Bala Brook intake. The huts are up to 12 metres in diameter with walls up to a metre in height and 2 metres in thickness, they have entrances on the west or north-west side and some are set into the slope.

Environment Agency WMS, 2021, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2020 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV364513.

Visible on the lidar data.

Cunis, E, 2023, Images of huts in settlement north of Bala Brook (Photograph). SDV365312.

(06/02/2023) Site visited and series of images taken recording the condition of the huts in the Bala Brook settlement, showing condition and current vegetation growth. Current condition is noted as worse; thick bracken but also some hawthorn trees as well as gorse. Image of this hut taken facing north-north-west.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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