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HER Number:MDV129249
Name:Hut circle within unenclosed hut circle settlement north-west of Huntingdon Ford, Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Hut circle within unenclosed hut circle settlement north-west of Huntingdon Ford

Location

Grid Reference:SX 663 662
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX66NE56
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/99
  • Pastscape: 441512

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circles shown on survey.

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

One of the 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441512, SX66NE56 (Website). SDV363416.

Site visited on 9th July 1977. Centred at SX66386626 a hut circle north-west of Huntingdon Ford in poor condition. Internal diameter 4.5 metres, walls 1.3 metres wide. Cut back into moderate slope.
Field investigation on 31st January 1996. A dispersed group of four hut circles lie on the south-east tip of Huntingdon Warren some 100 metres north-west of Huntingdon Cross. The huts are all relatively small with diameters in the range 3.6 metres to 4.8 metres and are terraced into the slope. Only one hut possesses a discernible entrance, in the south-west side.
Hut circle at SX 6640566253 of 4.8 metres diameter with walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.5 high with entrance to the south-east.
Hut circle at SX 6638066257 of 3.6 metres diameter with walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.4 high.
Hut circle at SX 6639066273 of 4.5 metres diameter with walls 1.0 metres wide and 0.5 high.
Hut circle at SX 6636466297 of 3.6 metres diameter with walls 0.9 metres wide and 0.4 high.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV345521Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127482 ]
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV363416Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 441512, SX66NE56.

Associated Monuments

MDV5317Part of: Unenclosed hut circle settlement north-west of Huntingdon Ford, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV5241Related to: Enclosed hut circle settlement at Huntingdon Warren, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV5183Related to: Huntingdon Warren (Monument)
MDV129250Related to: Hut circle within unenclosed hut circle settlement north-west of Huntingdon Ford, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV129251Related to: Hut circle within unenclosed hut circle settlement north-west of Huntingdon Ford, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV129252Related to: Hut circle within unenclosed hut circle settlement north-west of Huntingdon Ford, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV129248Related to: Two hut circles within unenclosed hut circle settlement north-west of Huntingdon Ford, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV5242Related to: Unenclosed hut circle settlement around enclosed settlement, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 17 2020 11:46AM