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| HER Number: | MDV12979 |
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| Name: | Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House |
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Summary
A double walled hut on a north-west slope and now within a late field bounded by a massive hedge bank. The hut has an internal diameter of 9.0 metres with walling 1.8 metres thick and 0.5 metres high.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 682 715 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Holne |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HOLNE |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SE46
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 442989
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/135
- Old SAM Ref: 22368
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6871/1, 73-74 (Aerial Photograph). SDV151474.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX67SE46 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140781.
(03/12/1977) Five widely spaced hut circles, centred at SX 681716, occur on the crest and north slopes of a spur between 310 and 330m OD. Each seems to be associated with a single rectilinear field of from 0.5 to 1.0 ha within the local reave system.
SX 68267152. A type 2 hut on a north-west slope and now within a late field bounded by a massive hedge bank. The hut has an internal diameter of 9.0 metres with walling 1.8 metres thick and 0.5 metres high. Hut circles surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Single hut circle within parallel reave system visible on 1977 aerial photograph.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East (Monograph). SDV337765.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.
(Visited 25/04/1996) Centred SX 681716. The huts are generally as described in 1977 though the grid reference should be amended to SX 6827 7154.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Hut is visible on the aerial photography.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV140781 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX67SE46. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
| SDV151474 | Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1977. NMR SX6871/1. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 73-74. |
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| SDV173671 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 1997. Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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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. |
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| SDV361462 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015-2017. 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #119710 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV27685 | Part of: Dartmeet parallel reave system on Holne Moor (Monument) |
| MDV12976 | Related to: Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House (Monument) |
| MDV12977 | Related to: Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House (Monument) |
| MDV12978 | Related to: Hut on Holne Moor, north-east of Venford House (Monument) |
| MDV6483 | Related to: Hut within small enclosure in reave system on Holne Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 21 2022 12:23PM |
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