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Summary

Hut circle within southern enclosure to the north of Ford Waste of 6.2 metres diameter

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1012700: The southern of three enclosures north of Ford Waste
• SHINE: Earthworks and walling of probable medieval field system incorporating Ford Barn and Ford Waste deserted medieval settlements and also several Bronze Age enclosures and hut circles to east of Rook Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW37
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/269
• Old SAM County Ref: 443
• Old SAM Ref: 10765
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

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.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 3054-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1948.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW37, SX66SW37 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV161921.

Visited on 30th March 1950. Enclosure with lynchet on lower edge.
Visited on 14th July 1979. Enclosure 80 metres by 40 metres.

National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6061, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV156974.

Photograph taken on 14th April 1977.

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

Enclosure contains a hut circle. Overlain by later fields containing ridge and furrow.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 182-3, Map 52, Figure 52.8 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '3' of 6.2 metres diameter within Enclosure 'A' at 'Ford Brook Lower settlement'. The enclosure wall curves in towards this hut.

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

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, 1012700 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This enclosure lies on a south-east facing slope north of Ford Waste. The huts are 6 metres and 9 metres in diameter respectively, with walls up to 3 metres in thickness and 0.3 metres in height.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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