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Summary

Hut Circle 'E' of 6.3 metres diameter with walls 1.5 metres wide by 0.7 metres high with an internal division in the settlement on the western slope of Cosdon Hill

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015760: A prehistoric settlement complex, length of reave, tin streamwork and stamping mill on the western slopes of Cosdon Hill

Other References/Statuses

• Old SAM Ref: 28800(P)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140785 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1996) Hut Circle 'E' at SX 62849122. A 1.5 metres wide and 0.7 metres high double orthostat wall surrounds a 6.3 metres diameter internal area. A 0.8 metres high and 1.5 metres wide scarp within the hut means that the interior is split-level. This scarp may indicate the position of a partition. This building is butted by a length of enclosure wall.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 200-202, Map 40, Figure 40.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Largest of the nine hut circles of 7.5 metres diameter with an internal division within Cosdon Hill south-west settlement.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DSM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362957.

Hut is clearly visible on the lidar data.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

One of the 'Hut Circles' depicted on the modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1015760 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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