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Summary

Probable hut circle against the southern boundary of enclosed hut circle settlement south of Middle Brook

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1004557: Enclosures and hut circles at Petre's Pits Bottom

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/80/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 107, Map 57, Figure 57.6 (Monograph). SDV337765.

'Middle Brook Upper ecnlsoure' has five hut circles with diameters between 3.5 metres and 4.2 metres. The probable remains of this hut circle are against the southern boundary wall.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Not shown at 'Settlement' on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1004557 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

This monument which falls into two areas includes two enclosed stone hut circle settlements and later tinner’s caches situated on the southern side of the Middle Brook valley close to its confluence with Petre’s Pits Bottom on the lower north western slopes of Old Hill. This northern enclosure survives as a roughly oval enclosure containing up to five stone hut circles and a small tinner’s cache built into the northern wall of the enclosure. Four of the huts are free standing and the fifth is attached to the southern interior enclosure wall. The huts vary in diameter internally from 5 metres up to 8 metres and are defined by low walls up to 0.5 metres high and the largest has a curving interior division.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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