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Summary

Hut circle '4' (Butler) is one of eight hut circles within enclosure on the Penn Moor contour reave to the east of Penn Beacon

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012805: Part of Penn Moor contour reave incorporating two stone hut circles and an enclosed hut settlement

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW40
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/96
• Old SAM County Ref: 445
• Old SAM Ref: 10782

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

One of seven 'Hut Circles' shown within an oval enclosure on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW40, SX66SW40, Plan (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV154491.

Visited on 30th March 1950. Pound and hut circles, south east of Penn Beacon.
Visited on 17th August 1977. As described by Fleming and Collis. The settlement is earlier than or contemporary with the construction of Penn Moor Reave. No associated fields or plots are visible.

Fleming, A. + Collis, J. + Jones, R. L., 1973, A Late Prehistoric Reave System near Cholwich Town, Dartmoor, 13, Plan, Figures 5-6 (Article in Serial). SDV358808.

Visited in April 1972. Approximately circular though irregular enclosure. One definite entrance to the north-west. Inside the enclosure seven free-standing huts and one attached to the wall. Outside, an outlying hut is attached to Penn Moor Reave.

National Monuments Record, 1976, SX6062, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV142425.

Photograph taken on 8th April 1976.

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

Sub-circular enclosure visible incorporated within Penn Moor Reave. Seven hut circles visible freestanding inside the enclosure, with four attached to walls. Three hut circles are close to, or attached to, Penn Moor Reave (two to the east one to the south), and one hut circle lies just outside the southern perimeter of the enclosure.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 178-9, Map 52, Figure 52.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut circle '4' of between 3.4 to 6.5 metres diameter at 'Penn Beacon East'. One of eight hut circles within the enclosure on the Penn Moor contour reave.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1012805 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

The enclosed hut settlement, known as Penn Moor Settlement, consists of a sub-circular bank enclosing at least eight stone hut circles. Two further hut circles lie to the east of the enclosed settlement, attached to the south side of the reave.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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