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Summary

Hut Circle '4' within Enclosure 'B' (Butler) at hut circle settlement south-east of Hickaton Hill

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1003828: Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon
• SHINE: Earthworks and surviving walls of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement comprising four joining enclosures containing at least twenty hut circles, part of a dispersed group of enclosures and hut circles to the north of the Avon Dam Reservoir

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

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

Full description

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

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '4' of 4.4 metres diameter within Enclosure 'B' at the prehistoric settlement at 'Hickaton Hill South-east' with an entrance to the south.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Feature visible on aerial photograph.

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

One of five hut circles within the central enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1003828 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

This monument includes three enclosed prehistoric settlements and a medieval farmstead situated on a gentle south facing slope of Dean Moor overlooking the Avon Reservoir. The northern settlement includes an agglomerated enclosure with four elements and at least 26 stone hut circles. Most of the huts are either within or attached to the enclosure walls suggesting that this settlement developed considerably after the building of the enclosures. Two huts lie a short distance east of the southern enclosure.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441396, SX66NE16 (Website). SDV363416.

Enclosure 'B' at SX67596593 contains three possibly Type II hut circles, average internal diameter 5.5 meters, walls about 1.4 meters wide and in very poor condition. Two huts are free-standing and one is built against the enclosure wall. There are also two 'D' shaped yards, about 4.5 meters by 2.0 meters internally; a sub rectangular yard, 7.0 meters by 6.5 meters internally, a wall 1.5 meters wide built of small boulders; and the fragmentary remains of another yard, about 8.0 meters by 3.0 meters internally. All the yards are built onto the enclosure wall.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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