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Summary

Unenclosed prehistoric hut circle settlement to the west of Yellowmeade Farm. An open settlement of seven hut circles in 0.5 hectares of moorland centred at SX 5643 7423.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019575: Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 200m west of Yellowmeade Farm

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE16
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440068
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/40/1
• Old SAM Ref: 28776

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57SE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV273005.

(18/08/1950) Huts visited and described (see related records).

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV239080.

(22/01/1980) An open settlement of seven Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) hut circles in 0.5 hectares of moorland centred at SX 5643 7423.
Three 'A', 'B', and 'C' are in fair condition and have internal diameters of 6 metres, 4.6 metres and 5.7 metres respectively, with double walling 1.2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. All have south to southwest entrances.
Hut 'D', probably Of 5 metres internal diameter, has been severely robbed for the adjacent newtake wall. 'E', 'F', and 'G' have internal diameters between 2.1 metres and 3.5 metres but all appear to
have a double walling of small slabs with infill.
From 'E' a short stretch of rubble walling 0.6 metres wide and 0.2 metres high extends NE and E and included in situ boulders 0.6 metres high. It is the only surviving fragment of field or enclosure wall in the area.
Hut 'F' has a southern entrance and of 'G' only the western half of the hut remains.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD and at 1:2500.

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

Not visible on 1946 aerial photographs.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152368 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 11th June 1999. At SX56427426. Stone hut circle forming part of a prehistoric settlement 200 metres west of Yellowmeade Farm.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 14-18, Map 44, Figure 44.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '7' of 6.6 metres diameter in an area much pitted for stone is reduced to its rubble core having lost its wall slabs. A low bank connects it to a smaller hut to the west.

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

Hut circle and adjoining bank visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1019575 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The monument includes an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a gentle west facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Walkham. The settlement includes at least seven stone hut circles, two of which are associated with courtyards. The stone hut circles survive as banks each surrounding a circular internal area of between 2.4 metres and 6.8 metres in diameter, with the average being 4.4 metres. The heights of the surrounding walls vary between 0.3 metres and 0.85 metres, with the average being 0.56 metres. Five of the huts have visible doorways and are composed of orthostatic and rubble bank walls.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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