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Summary

Northern of two hut circles on eastern boundary of Enclosure 'C' (Butler) west of Shell Top

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011953: Enclosure west of Shell Top

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56SE/114
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/97
• Old SAM Ref: 10613
• Pastscape: 439429

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, 161-2, Map 51, Figure 51.5 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Northern of two hut circles against the eastern boundary of Enclosure 'C'. The three hut circles around the inside of the wall are small of 2.5 to 4.5 metres in diameter but substantial enough to have been roofed.

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

Hut circle shown on survey.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1011953 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The huts are D-shaped, the western one is 6 metres by 5 metres with a wall 1.5 metres in thickness and 0.4 metres in height; the eastern one is 6 metres in length and width and has a wall 1 metre in thickness and up to 0.4 metres in height. The western hut has a possible entrance into the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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