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Summary

Hut circle in enclosure in prehistoric settlement to the east of the River Yealm and north of Ranny Brook of 4.7 metres diameter with walls 2.5 metres wide and 0.75 metres high with an annex attached to the east side

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015429: Prehistoric stone hut circle settlement, a contemporary field system, post-medieval buildings and two lengths of leat 310m south east of Yealm Steps

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX66SW30
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/212
• Old SAM County Ref: 460
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24100
• Old SAM Ref: 10837

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Whitley, N., 1855, Settlement north of Ranny Brook, Plan (Plan - sketch). SDV137283.

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

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1977, SX66SW30, SX66SW30 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV146089.

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 326-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.

Photograph taken on 1st March 1979.

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

Four hut circles visible on the 1979 aerial.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133094 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Visited on 11th March 1993. The northern stone hut circle lies at SX 6208 6335, is attached to the enclosure boundary and is of the simple plan with annex and coursed walling type. The interior of the hut measures 4.7 metres in diameter and is defined by a 2.5 metres wide and 0.75 metres high wall. An annex attached to the east wall of the hut measures 4.7 metres long by 3 metres wide.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 183-7, Map 52, Figure 52.9 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Hut Circle '21' of 4.9 metres diameter is the northern of two huts in the southern enclosure at 'Ranny Brook settlements'. An annex is shown on the east side and attached to the northern boundary of the enclosure.

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.

Northern of two hut cirlces shown within enclosure on modern mapping

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1015429 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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