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Summary

Remains of hut circle to the south of Corringdon Ball field system. Possibly a pillow mound or rebuilt as a farm building

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthworks and surviving stone-walls of Bronze Age parallel reaves, field system and hut circles on Corringdon Ball and Treeland Downs, Bronze Age hut circles and medieval settlement at Newland's Brakes and pillow mounds on south side of Corringdon Ball

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/141
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Oval feature visible on aerial photograph.

Robinson, R., 1978, South Brent Parish Checklist (Un-published). SDV137445.

Remains of hut circle on corringdon ball. Possibly rebuilt as farm building.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Feature shown as an oval to the east of two pillow mounds to the south of 'Corringdon Ball field system'.

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

Oval feature visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Feature shown on modern mapping as being more like a pillow mound than a hut circle.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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