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Summary

Prehistoric hut circle settlement to the east of Eastern Tor with at least five enclosures and hut circles

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010651: Enclosure with hut circles south-east of Eastern Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE51
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 438644
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/26
• Old SAM County Ref: 579
• Old SAM Ref: 10711

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Worth, R. H., 1943, The Prehistoric Pounds of Dartmoor, 295 (Article in Serial). SDV320337.

Worth, R. H., 1953, Dartmoor, 155 (Monograph). SDV231148.

Eastern Tor settlement.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 125, Map 49, Figure 49.10 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Settlement under Eastern Tor is within 100 metres of Ditsworthy Warren House and the site has suffered accordingly. Later walls wind between the enclosures incorporating sections into the older ones so that the original scheme is no longer clear. There seem to have been five separate enclosures ('A'-'E') only one of which remains moderately complete though reconstructed on the east side. Hut circles occur in Enclosures 'A', 'B' and 'D' as well as three in a row in the area between Enclosures 'B' and 'D'.

Whitbourn, A., 2001, An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren, 13-15, 79, Photographs 3-5 (Report - Assessment). SDV360381.

Bronze Age settlement on the south-eastern slope of Eastern Tor. Several hut circles can be seen in the lower enclosures.

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

Settlement shown on survey with several enclosures and hut circles.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Extent of enclosures shown on survey.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording forms, UP-DZ 15 (Worksheet). SDV362781.

Visited 01/02/2020. Overall condition good. Photo x2 taken.

Various, 2018-2020, PALs Condition Recording photographs, UP-DZ 15 (Photograph). SDV363073.

Photo 1: View of central part of enclosure looking 080° showing grass cover with a litle bracken. Photo 2: View of W part of enclosure looking 080° showing grass and bracken cover with a few outcrops of reeds.

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

Settlement shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1010652 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This settlement lies on a south-east facing slope above the north bank of the River Plym and below Eastern Tor. It is sub-oval in shape, circa 130 metres in length and circa 65 metres in width and is in an area of outcropping rock and heavy clitter on the side of the tor; this combined with high bracken makes observation difficult. The enclosure banks incorporate large natural boulders along the north side and is up to 2 metres in width and on average 0.5 metres to 1 metre in height, though the boulders are up to 2 metres in height. There are the remains of a subdivision at the western end, with a hut 10 metres in diameter in the junction between the main bank and that of the subdivision. There are at least seven other hut circles in the enclosures, all of them free standing and up to 10 metres in diameter with walls up to 1 metre in thickness and 0.5 metres in height. The north bank has been incorporated in later intake walling.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
• EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
• EDV7551 - Ditsworthy Warren: An archaeological investigation
• EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey

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