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| HER Number: | MDV130515 |
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| Name: | Hut circle south of Hawks Tor, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
Hut circle to the south of Hawks Tor in the field system to the north-west of Wotter
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 552 622 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE? (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Visible on aerial photograph.
Collis, J., 1983, Field Systems and Boundaries on Shaugh Moor and at Wotter, Dartmoor, 50, Figure 2 & 4 (Article in Serial). SDV144058.
Features 'A', 'B' and 'C'. 'A' is possibly a robbed house, circa 10 metres diameter. Cairn 'B' is a circa 0.5 metres high raised area and Cairn 'C' is a more sharply profiled feature circa 0.8 to 0.9 metres high and may be modern. Cairns 'B' and 'C' are cut by army trenches. Possibly part of earliest phase of Wotter Moor activity. In a row north-east to south-west and circa 50 to 100 metres apart.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Hut circle shown to the north of a possible cairn to the south on an eastern field boundary to the south of Hawks Tor within Shaugh Moor field system.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4. [Mapped feature: #129860 ] |
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| SDV144058 | Article in Serial: Collis, J.. 1983. Field Systems and Boundaries on Shaugh Moor and at Wotter, Dartmoor. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 41. A5 Paperback. 50, Figure 2 & 4. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV48885 | Related to: Cairn south of Hawks Tor, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV48890 | Related to: Enclosure 420 metres south-west of Beatland Corner, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV2591 | Related to: Medieval field system north of Wotter (Monument) |
| MDV2590 | Related to: Shaugh Moor parallel reave field system (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4967 - Survey of Shaugh Moor
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 21 2021 12:47PM |
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