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HER Number: | MDV132391 |
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Name: | Hut circle within agglomerated settlement on Challacombe Down, Manaton |
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Summary
Hut circle of 4.9 metres diameter with walls 1 metre wide within agglomerated settlement on Challacombe Down
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 685 802 |
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Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Manaton |
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District | Teignbridge |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 68 SE 63
- Pastscape: 443864
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 13/04/1947, CPE/UK/1995, 4358-9 (Aerial Photograph). SDV217286.
Photograph taken on 13th April 1947.
National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6880, 1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV281707.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, OS 72/066, 014-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV262465.
Photograph taken on 17th April 1972. Rectangular and circular enclosures and various banks visible on aerial photographs. Possibly a settlement contemporary with the hut circles to the north.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Three hut circles are visible amongst rectilinear enclosures and banks. The 'enclosures' are not complete, and may be the remains of a field system.
Pattison, P., 1990, Challacombe (Report - Survey). SDV290295.
Visited on 23rd May 1990. Hut circle (D) at SX68588026 has an irregular interior of circa 4.9 metres diameter with walls 1 metre wide (except on the south-west where there is a large concentration of stone) of medium and large size stones with traces of internal facing. It is terraced in 0.5 metres on the east and built up 0.9 metres on the west. No entrance is visible.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 16-18, Figure 24.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Hut circle '3' of circa 4.0 metres diameter in the angle between the two northern enclosures within Settlement 'A' at Challacombe Down West.
English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.
Hut circle shown on survey.
Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.
Hut circle shown on modern mapping.
Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1021393 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.
Remains of prehistoric date include part of a settlement, a length of reave and a cairn. The settlement lies in the north western corner of the monument and survives as two agglomerated enclosures containing three stone hut circles together with a further single enclosure containing one hut.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, unknown, SX68SE63, SX68SE63 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV295520.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV217286 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 13/04/1947. CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4358-9. |
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SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 16-18, Figure 24.1. |
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SDV262465 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. OS 72/066. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 014-5. |
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SDV281707 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX6880. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 1. |
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SDV290295 | Report - Survey: Pattison, P.. 1990. Challacombe. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. |
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SDV295520 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. unknown. SX68SE63. OSAD Card. Card Index. SX68SE63. |
SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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SDV345521 | Cartographic: English Heritage. 2005-2008. Prehistoric Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #135902 ] |
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SDV364674 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2022. Mastermap 2022. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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SDV364675 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2022. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1021393. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV6700 | Part of: Agglomerated settlement on Challacombe Down, Manaton (Monument) |
MDV6010 | Related to: Extensive medieval field system on Challacombe Down, North Bovey and Manaton (Monument) |
MDV6646 | Related to: Extensive Medieval or later tinworking on Challacombe Down (Monument) |
MDV132389 | Related to: Hut circle within agglomerated settlement on Challacombe Down, Manaton (Monument) |
MDV132390 | Related to: Hut circle within agglomerated settlement on Challacombe Down, Manaton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
Date Last Edited: | Apr 12 2022 12:08PM |
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