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| HER Number: | MDV129298 |
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| Name: | Enclosure 'D' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior |
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Summary
Enclosure measuring 95m by 55m and 0.5 hectares, is built onto enclosures B and C and has walls about 2m wide, built of large boulders. It contains two hut circles, average internal diameter 5m, walls 1.2m wide and in poor condition, one with a south-east facing entrance.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 676 659 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE16
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/47
- Old SAM County Ref: 282
- Old SAM Ref: 3
- Pastscape: 441396
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, NMR SX6766, 1, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147534.
National Monuments Record, 09/04/1980, NMR SX6765 (Aerial Photograph). SDV146067.
Photograph taken on 9th April 1980
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Enclosure shown on 19th century map with two hut circles.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146060.
(05/07/1977) D: SX 67676595. This enclosure, 95m by 55m and 0.5 hectares, is built onto enclosures B and C and has walls about 2m wide, built of large boulders. It contains two probable type 1 hut circles, average internal diameter 5m, walls 1.2m wide and in poor condition, one with a south east facing entrance.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Enclosure 'D'. Enclosure built onto enclosures B and C. Survey records two hut circles.
Griffith, F. M., 1990, DAP/QG, 8, 9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV234504.
Photograph taken on 14th March 1990.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Enclosure 'D' at the prehistoric settlement at 'Hickaton Hill South-east' includes a pair of huts. Hut Circle '7' at 7.5 metres diameter and Hut Circle '8' at 4.0 metres diameter are both in the north-east corner of the enclosure.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Eastern enclosure with two internal hut circles shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV146060 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66NE16. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
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| SDV146067 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 09/04/1980. NMR SX6765. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). |
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| SDV147534 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. NMR SX6766. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 1, 2. |
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| SDV234504 | Aerial Photograph: Griffith, F. M.. 1990. DAP/QG. Devon Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 8, 9. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20. |
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| SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127533 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV24775 | Parent of: Hut Circle '7' in Enclosure 'D' at enclosed settlement on south side of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24691 | Parent of: Hut Circle '8' within Enclosure 'D' at enclosed settlement on south side of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV5227 | Part of: Enclosed hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129295 | Related to: Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129296 | Related to: Enclosure 'B' at settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129297 | Related to: Enclosure 'C' at settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV103636 | Related to: Enclosure on south-east slope of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24774 | Related to: Hut Circle '1' to the east of Enclosure 'A' at enclosed settlement south of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24773 | Related to: Hut circle 55 metres west of enclosed settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV103647 | Related to: Hut circle east of hut circle settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV24782 | Related to: Leat on Hickaton Hill (Monument) |
| MDV5304 | Related to: Possible settlement south of Hickaton Hill (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jan 4 2022 12:21PM |
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