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HER Number: | MDV129321 |
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Name: | Enclosure 'B' within prehistoric settlement east of Zeal gully, Dean Prior |
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Summary
Enclosure 'B' (Butler) within Bronze Age hut circle settlement with two or three internal hut circles
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 681 648 |
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Map Sheet: | SX66SE |
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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
- SHINE: Bronze Age settlement consisting of three linked enclosures with twelve hut circles south of the Avon Dam Reservoir, parts of the site have been destroyed by quarrying
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66SE1
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/48
- Pastscape: 441740
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ENCLOSURE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950 - 1977, SX66SE1, SX66SE1 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV178128.
Hut circles and enclosures on Gripper's Hill, Avon Valley. Four enclosures and eleven hut circles.
Enclosure 2; consists of a wall of large stones and measures 40.0 meters by 43.0 meters, there was no obvious entrance. Contains hut circles C, D, E and two others.
Hut C; (diameter 5.5 meters) walls of large stones with entrance to east, poor condition. Within enclosure 2.
Hut D; (diameter 3.0 meters) remains only, probable entrance to east. Within enclosure 2.
Hut E; (length 7.0 meters, width 5.5 meters) semi-circular abutting onto enclosure wall, in poor condition. Within enclosure 2.
Fox, A., 1955, Huts and Enclosures on Gripper's Hill, in the Avon Valley, Dartmoor, 55-62 (Article in Serial). SDV178125.
Full report on the excavation undertaken here during the construction of the Avon dam. There are the remains of four enclosures, containing ten or more huts, three or four outlying huts in poor condition. Most of the enclosure walls are so ruined they appear only as an untidy spread of loose stones.
Enclosure 2; known as Gripper's Pound. The walls, though ruined, have been substantially built, almost rectangular. The interior is comparatively level and the centre fairly clear of stones. The remains of habitations are built up against the pound walls. Hut 3 on the west wall is substantially built with a small annexe on its northern side. Remains of three or four pens and possibly a round hut on the opposite side of the pound.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 145-7, Map 57, Figure 57.15 (Monograph). SDV337765.
'Gripper's Hill' settlement was planned in 1954 before construction of the Avon Dam. It consists of six enclosures and numerous hut circles.
Enclosure 'B' was solidly built with walls 2.5 metres wide and the inner face of the east side retaining both vertical and horizontal slabs. The central area has been cleared and huts and pens constructed around the edge. The thin walled ring at '4' of 6.0 metres was probably a pen but '3' and '17' appear to be normal huts.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Enclosure shown on modern mapping with two hut circles.
National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441740, SX66SE1 (Website). SDV363416.
Field Investigation on 30 th June 1977. On the south slopes of Gripper's Hill at 310-325 metres OD is a settlement which consists of three contiguous enclosures containing eight huts, with a further four huts to the south-west.
The walls of the primary Enclosures II and III appear thicker than those of Enclosure IV - up to 2.0 metres average; No II has several yards adjacent to the interior wall and only two huts.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV178125 | Article in Serial: Fox, A.. 1955. Huts and Enclosures on Gripper's Hill, in the Avon Valley, Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 87. A5 Hardback. 55-62. |
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SDV178128 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950 - 1977. SX66SE1. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. SX66SE1. |
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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. 145-7, Map 57, Figure 57.15. |
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SDV363413 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #127579 ] |
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SDV363416 | Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 441740, SX66SE1. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV129332 | Parent of: Hut circle on east side of northern enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129333 | Parent of: Hut circle on north side of central enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129331 | Parent of: Hut circle on west side of northern enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129334 | Parent of: Hut circle within southern enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV5742 | Part of: Prehistoric settlement east of Zeal gully, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129322 | Related to: Enclosure 'C' within prehistoric settlement east of Zeal gully, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129323 | Related to: Enclosure 'D' within prehistoric settlement east of Zeal gully, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129345 | Related to: Enclosure to the north of prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129344 | Related to: Enclosure to the north-east of prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV5768 | Related to: Granite quarry south of the Avon Dam (Monument) |
MDV129335 | Related to: Hut circle on north side of central enclosure at hut prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129340 | Related to: Hut circle on the south side of enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129341 | Related to: Hut circle to the west of enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129342 | Related to: Hut circle to the west of enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129343 | Related to: Hut circle to the west of enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV25743 | Related to: Hut circle west of enclosed hut settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129337 | Related to: Hut circle within the southern enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129338 | Related to: Hut circle within the southern enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
MDV129339 | Related to: Hut circle within the southern enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Nov 27 2020 3:15PM |
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