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Summary

Hut circle on the northern boundary of Lower Broadun enclosure on the west side of the East Dart river and to the east of the Powder Mills leat

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021336: Coaxial fields and prehistoric settlements 180m north and 350m north west of Hartland Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SW28

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Prowse, A. B., 1891, Index to Personal Names in Westcote's "View of Devonshire in 1620" and his Devonshire pedigrees, 310 (Article in Serial). SDV224034.

A 'D'-shaped enclosure on the eastern slope of Broad Down and the right bank of the River Dart. Its straight side, bounded by the river, is 128 metres long. It contains nine hut circles. Other details: Figure.

Greeves, T. A. P., 1983, Middle Merripit Survey Drawing (Plan - measured). SDV321106.

The enclosure noted by Prowse lies within the much larger enclosure shown on survey drawing. Prehistoric enclosure containing at least two hut circles, one of which has a small enclosure attached to it. This lies just below the Powder Mills leat south-east of Broadun Ring. Its walls run right down to the River Dart.

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

A fragmentary enclosure bridging the river. No hut circles are visible on the aerial photographs.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 40, Map 27, Figure 27.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Lower Broadun D-shaped enclosure on the west side of the East Dart river and east of the Powder Mills leat. In 1891 the foundations of 9 hut were recognised within the enlcosure of which only two of 3.5 and 4.0 metres diameter can now be found, connected to the perimeter in the north-west corner. A pile of stones in the south-west corner may be the remains of another.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Hut circle close to the southern boundary of the enclosure shown on survey.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1021336 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

Prehistoric enclosure of 150 metres by 120 metres with banks up to 3 metres wide, and up to 0.5 metres high, containing at least three stone hut circles, and forming the western edge of the coaxial fields. It lies just below the Powder Mills leat south-east of Broadun Ring. Its walls run right down to the River Dart.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV989 - RCHME Field Investigation
• EDV990 - Unnamed Event
• EDV8648 - Middle Merripit Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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