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HER Number: | MDV130851 |
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Name: | Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor |
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Summary
Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks enclosure. Western of a row of three huts to the west of the medieval farmstead
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 585 670 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 126-7, Map 49, Figure 49.11 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Hut circle '3' of 7.0 to 7.3 metres diameter at Whittenknowles Rocks enclosure is the western of a row of three huts on the south side of an internal boundary.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
(03/08/1999) Whittenknowles Rocks. Possible hut circles in settlement 600m north of Ditsworthy Warren House.
NB: None of the grid references provided by this survey matched the location of these three huts indicated on the GIS survey layer but three huts could not be correctly matched up to GIS depictions. The details of these huts, including descriptions have been retained in the settlement record (Richards, A. F., 02/03/2020.
Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.
(10/03/2005) This extensive site remains in a stable condition and is as described in 1999 survey visit.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.
Visible on aerial photograph.
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.
Row of three possible huts shown on GIS survey data, west of the Medieval settlement.
Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.
Western of a row of three hut circles shown on modern mapping.
Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1010650 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.
Within scheduled area.
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. 126-7, Map 49, Figure 49.11. |
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SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. |
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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). |
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SDV361636 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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SDV364015 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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SDV364016 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2021. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1010650. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV3995 | Part of: Hut circle settlement at Whittenknowles Rocks, Sheepstor (Monument) |
MDV127727 | Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
MDV127736 | Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
MDV4004 | Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
MDV4005 | Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
MDV4007 | Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
MDV127744 | Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
MDV130850 | Related to: Hut circle in Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
- EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey
- EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
Date Last Edited: | May 28 2021 10:09AM |
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