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| HER Number: | MDV13197 |
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| Name: | Hut circle on Skerraton Down, Dean Prior |
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Summary
A hut circle on Skerraton Down amongst a number of cairns, which may be relatively modern clearance cairns, although some appear older. One of four huts identified.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 698 657 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dean Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DEAN PRIOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Group of cairns, which may be modern clearance cairns and four bronze age hut circles on Skerraton Down, Dean Prior
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 441558
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/117
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Quinnell, N. V., 1979, Survey of features on Skerraton Down (Report - Survey). SDV144141.
Hut circle D. SX69976569 On a level shelf, this seems to be a hut with an internal diameter of 3.0 metres and rubble walling 1.6 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. There is a 1.0 metre gap in the north-east The whole is piled with fresh stone.
Hut circle B. SX69886573 Diameter 9.7 metres, height 0.5 metres, with traces of a rim 2.3 metres wide and about 0.3 metres high. Heaped with recent clearance there seems to be an entrance gap in the east side, but the impression is that of a hut.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.
Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.
A number of features are indicated on the MasterMap. This is closest to the grid reference given in the 1979 report.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV144141 | Report - Survey: Quinnell, N. V.. 1979. Survey of features on Skerraton Down. Unknown. |
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| SDV319854 | Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV348725 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2012. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #80807 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5298 | Related to: Cairn or hut circle south of Lamb's Down (Monument) |
| MDV13195 | Related to: Hut circle on Skerraton Down, Dean Prior (Monument) |
| MDV13196 | Related to: Hut circle on Skerraton Down, Dean Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 13 2015 9:35AM |
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