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Summary

Hut circle '3' (Butler) within enclosed hut circle settlement to the south-east of Brockhill Ford

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Two joining enclosures with seven hut circles and stone circle with cist 200 metres north of the Avon Dam Reservoir
• Scheduled Monument 1003828: Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NE20
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/53
• Old SAM County Ref: 282
• Old SAM Ref: 2
• Pastscape: 441408
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, NMR SX6766, 1-2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147534.

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

Two adjoining enclosures with seven hut circles shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 1950, SX66NE20, SX66NE20 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146872.

Site visited on 3rd May 1950. Enclosure walls of turf covered stones. Entrance to north enclosure at SX67756573. Walling has disappeared where Abbot's Way enters and leaves the southern enclosure. Seven hut circles whose walls are of turf covered stones, and each hut circle has an entrance to south-east. Interior cultivated and clear of stones.

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

Agglomerated enclosure (with two elements) recorded. Seven hut circles visible. Total area about 0.5 hectares.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 151, Map 57, Figure 57.18 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '3' of 5.8 metres diameter is incorporated into the northern boundary wall of the northern enclosure at 'Brockhill Ford West'.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

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

The central settlement in the scheduled area includes an agglomerated enclosure incorporating five stone hut circles in its walls. A further free-standing hut is situated within the south-western part of the northern enclosure.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441408, SX66NE20 (Website). SDV363416.

Field Investigation on 4th July 1977. The northern enclosure of 80 metres by 65 metres and covering 0.5 hectares has walls about 3.0 metres wide constructed of large boulders with two probable entrances, the west 2.0 metres wide and the north 2.5 metres wide. Two other gaps are probably modern. The enclosure contains three terraced Type II hut circles with average diameters of 6.5 metres and walls 0.4 metres wide; one freestanding hut and one built on the line of the wall. The third hut has a south facing entrance 0.6 metres wide marked by jambs 1.2 metres high and is built against the wall.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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