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Summary

A possible hut circle bisected by a tinners gulley lies on the floodplain of the Venford Brook 300m SE of Horn's Cross. The site of the hut is marked by a semi-circle of stones indicating a diameter of around 3.0m. Because of later disturbance it is not possible to determine whether a platform has been created for the hut or the position of any entrance. Three edge-set granite slabs almost certainly associated with the tinning form the E side of this structure.
While the surface remains of the hut are very dubious the adjoining length of field wall, 1.1m wide and 0.4m high, are credible though it too has been truncated by the tinning in this area.

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: SX67SE272
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1100129
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/443
• Old SAM Ref: 22368

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Hut Circle '5' at Feature 'K' which has been almost destroyed by tinners' workings at 'Venford Brookhead'. A curved bank ends at the remains of Hut Circle '5' only recognisable from a pair of alabs at the entrance

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.

(06/01/1997) Centred SX 67267067. A possible hut circle bisected by a tinners gulley lies on the floodplain of the Venford Brook 300m SE of Horn's Cross. The site of the hut is marked by a semi-circle of stones indicating a diameter of around 3.0m. Because of later disturbance it is not possible to determine whether a platform has been created for the hut or the position of any entrance. Three edge-set granite slabs almost certainly associated with the tinning form the E side of this structure.
While the surface remains of the hut are very dubious the adjoining length of field wall, 1.1m wide and 0.4m high, are credible though it too has been truncated by the tinning in this area.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle with section of boundary shown on survey.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

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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