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Summary

A solitary hut circle within a small ovoid enclosure on the left bank of the W tributary of the Venford Brook. The hut measures 3.3m in internal diameter with spread rubble walls 2.0m wide and 0.6m high. It has been levelled into the gentle S facing slope and there is no obvious entrance. The hut lies at the N extremity of a small ovoid enclosure of approximately 0.05 hectares.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020487: Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE228
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1072605
• Old SAM Ref: 22368

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Oval enclosure with incorporated hut circle in the north. Visible on 1985 aerial photograph.

National Monuments Record, 1985, NMR SF2600, 449-456 (Aerial Photograph). SDV346525.

Photograph taken on 11th April 1985.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 189-90, Map 60, Figure 60.10 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '4' of 4.2 metres diameter on the northern boundary of Enclosure 'J' at 'Venford Brookhead'.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(13/01/1997) Centred SX 67317068. A solitary hut circle within a small ovoid enclosure on the left bank of the W tributary of the Venford Brook. The hut measures 3.3m in internal diameter with spread rubble walls 2.0m wide and 0.6m high. It has been levelled into the gentle S facing slope and there is no obvious entrance. The hut lies at the N extremity of a small ovoid enclosure of approximately 0.05ha. There is no apparent entrance to this feature though the SW margin has been disturbed by tinworking.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020487 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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