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Summary

Hut circle '6' (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 '6' of 6.0 metres diameter is on the southern boundary wall of the southern enclosures at 'Brockhill Ford West' adjoining Hut Circle '5' and with an entrance in the south opening to the outside of the enclosure.

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 southern enclosure 'B' at SX 67836569 is 40 metres by 35 metres and covering 0.1 hectares. It is built onto and post dates enclosure 'A'. The wall, about 1.4 metres wide, is of double orthostat construction and has two gaps through which the Abbot's Way passes. Three terraced Type II hut circles with average diameter 6.5 metres with walls 1.6 metres wide are built on the line of the enclosure wall and have entrances in the south quadrant.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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