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| HER Number: | MDV132782 |
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| Name: | Damaged hut circle within settlement to the west of Buttern Hill, Gidleigh |
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Summary
Damaged hut circle up to 0.6 metres high within settlement to the west of Buttern Hill. Evidence of a former field system associated with the huts is supplied by fragmentary rickles of orthostats.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 652 881 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE204
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE51
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1572363
- Old SAM Ref: 34479
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX68NE51 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV270674.
(23/07/1974) SX65238819 and SX65228812. Two hut circles, internal diameters 4.8m and 4.3m respectively, with single walling up to 0.5m high. The north hut has a possible entrance in the south-west, the south hut has no discernible entrance.
At SX65278814, a further hut survives only as a semi-circle of stones up to 0.6m high. All are on a gentle south-west slope. Evidence of a former field system associated with the huts is supplied by fragmentary rickles of orthostats.
(13/07/1978) Situated at SX65218824 and SX65248824 are another two small hut circles 4.5m in diameter with single stone walling up to 0.4m high. Both have possible entrance gaps in the south. They lie amid the remains of a formerly extensive prehistoric field system. Located during field investigation. Surveyed at 1:2500 on Antiquity Model.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 190-192, Map 38, Site '2' (Monograph). SDV219155.
Hut circle to the south-east of Site '2' to the west of Buttern Hill.
Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.
Eastern half of hut circle shown on modern mapping.
Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1021215 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.
Within Scheduled area.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 190-192, Map 38, Site '2'. |
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| SDV270674 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX68NE51. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV365227 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV365228 | National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1021215. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6133 | Part of: Settlement north-west of Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV30222 | Related to: Hut circle west of Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV132781 | Related to: Hut circle within settlement on Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV132781 | Related to: Hut circle within settlement on Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV13026 | Related to: Hut circle within settlement on Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV132781 | Related to: Hut circle within settlement on Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
| MDV132781 | Related to: Hut circle within settlement on Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 17 2023 3:45PM |
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