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HER Number:MDV129289
Name:Curved feature creating a yard within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior

Summary

Curved feature creating a yard within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill

Location

Grid Reference:SX 672 665
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDean Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishDEAN PRIOR

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Walling remains of a Bronze Age settlement comprising an enclosure with a number of hut circles and a Prehistoric stone circle on Hickaton Hill

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX66NE15
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/77/1
  • Pastscape: 441393
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 164, Map 58, Figure 58.2 (Monograph). SDV337765.

A line of blocks separates off a small part of the interior against the northern wall at 'Crad Hole Ring'.

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

Yard shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441393, SX66NE15 (Website). SDV363416.

At SX 67226653 a yard is attached to the inside of the enclosure. From the west side of the enclosure a ruined and perhaps partly robbed wall extends for 10.0 metres inwards and then fades.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 164, Map 58, Figure 58.2.
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127517 ]
SDV363416Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 441393, SX66NE15.

Associated Monuments

MDV5294Part of: Hut circle settlement at Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV5295Related to: Hut circle outside settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129288Related to: Hut circle within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129288Related to: Hut circle within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129286Related to: Hut circle within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129287Related to: Hut circle within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129288Related to: Hut circle within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129288Related to: Hut circle within enclosed hut settlement on Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Nov 19 2020 2:03PM