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| HER Number: | MDV129322 |
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| Name: | Enclosure 'C' within prehistoric settlement east of Zeal gully, Dean Prior |
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Summary
Enclosure 'C' (Butler) within Bronze Age hut circle settlement with one internal hut circle
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 3; consists of the remains of a wall constructed of large stones measuring 57.0 meters by 40.0 meters, also using living rock at southern corner. This enclosure is in poor condition.
Hut F; (diameter 8.0 meters) wall composed of large stone, partly turf covered. No visible entrance; in poor condition; within enclosure 3.
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 3; a rectangle, the west wall includes natural boulders and outcrop.
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 'C' is also cleared and subdivided by a cross wall. It contains the most important building in the settlement Hut Circle '5' of 6.5 metres diameter sited on a natural platform.
Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.
Enclosure shown on modern mapping with one hut circle.
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 III has only one hut and no yards.
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: #127580 ] |
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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
| MDV5742 | Part of: Prehistoric settlement east of Zeal gully, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129321 | Related to: Enclosure 'B' 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) |
| MDV129332 | Related to: Hut circle on east side of northern enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129335 | Related to: Hut circle on north side of central enclosure at hut prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129333 | Related to: Hut circle on north side of central enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129340 | Related to: Hut circle on the south side of enclosure at prehistoric settlement, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV129331 | Related to: Hut circle on west side of northern 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) |
| MDV129334 | Related to: Hut circle within southern enclosure at prehistoric 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 24 2020 12:35PM |
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