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Summary

One of three hut circles to the south of enclosure. This site is on the local list of Nationally Important Dartmoor sites.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1002536: Enclosure and hut circles E of Huntingdon Ford
• SHINE: Walling remains of a Bronze Age settlement consisting of enclosures and hut circles to the east of Huntingdon Ford

Other References/Statuses

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset: NI SITE
• National Monuments Record: SX66NE28
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 441506
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/18/2
• Old SAM County Ref: 466

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, NMR SX6666, 9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV151758.

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

Enclosure and eight hut circles to the west and two to the south are marked on the Ordnance Survey 1880 map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NE28, SX66NE28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV151757.

These hut circle are rather fragmentary, composed of turf-covered stones, only a few inches high. The average dimeter of the huts is 6.5 meters. No definite entrances were recorded.

Ministry of Works, 1961, Enclosure and hut circles east of Huntingdon Ford (Schedule Document). SDV152916.

Hut circles situated to the west of the enclosure. Eight hut circles, all small, built of very small stones. Possibly robbed to build the enclosure.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE28 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV269803.

(08/07/1977) SX 66726609. Two hut circles cut back into a steep, well drained, south facing slope at 365m above OD. The huts are in very poor condition and consist of a terrace, 7.5m diameter, with traces of small boulder walling, 1m wide, and a probable type II hut, internal diameter 4.2m, with orthostatic walling 1.2m wide.
Discovered during field investigation.
They are probably associated with the enclosure (SX 66 NE 35) and hut circles (SX 66 NE 28).
Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale on PFD.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Four hut circles visible on aerial photographs west of enclosure, and one at SX66746617.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 156, Map 57, Figure 57.23 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '10' at circa 4.0 metres diameter is an isolated building to the south of Enclosure 'A' at 'Biller's Pound'.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

This site was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument during the Monument Protection Programme. The programme ended before the entire list of sites was successfully scheduled so this is included on a local list of Nationally Important Sites.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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