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Summary

Hut circle within settlement between the River Plym and Langcombe Brook. The south-western of the group of four huts in the centre of the enclosure

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012297: Enclosure with hut circles west of Plym Steps

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66NW17

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1907, 135 NE (Cartographic). SDV164582.

The five hut circles are all in very poor condition, levelled into the hill slope, and varying from 2.5 meters to 5.0 meters internal diameter with turf-covered walling up to 1.0 meters thick and 0.4 meters high. All my be Type 1 huts though it is difficult to determine their construction (Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments in England, citing Ordnance Survey).

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2494, 4127 (Aerial Photograph). SDV147533.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66NW17, SX66NW17 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV152697.

Hut circle 'B' of 4.5 meters diameter with a wall composed of fairly large stones and is somewhat scattered about. The south-western hut of the group of four.

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

Fragment of an enclosure, in poor condition and cut by a leat and streamwork, visible with two hut circles inside it. Area covered is approximately 0.8 hectares.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 131-2, Map 49, Figure 49.15 (Monograph). SDV137656.

South-western of four hut circles shown within enclosure at 'Langcombe Foot'.

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

South-western of four hut circles shown on survey.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

Hut circle visible on Lidar data.

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

South-western hut circle at 'Settlement' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012297 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape

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