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HER Number:MDV133032
Name:Hut circle within settlement north-east of Lower Cherrybrook Bridge, Dartmoor Forest

Summary

Hut circle within settlement north-east of Lower Cherrybrook Bridge of 6.8 metres diameter with walls 1.8 metres wide by 0.3 metres high.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 634 750
Map Sheet:SX67NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDartmoor Forest
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishLYDFORD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67NW122
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 442848

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1979, SF1509, 250-1 (Aerial Photograph). SDV262885.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1979, SX67NW122, plans (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV268347.

(17/12/1979) Air photographs show distinct and poorly defined crop marks of a field system of 6.3ha defined at SX 634750; and two possible huts.
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Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Shown on map overlay but not recorded by RCHM APP 1985.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(27/08/1989) Centred SX 63427502. The two hut circles are also almost completely buried in the peat however, the tops of the walls are just traceable. They lie at SX 63397510 and SX 63407507 with internal diameters of 5.6m and 6.8m respectively. Their walls, of boulders and stones, are up to 1.8m wide and now 0.3m high; no entrances are visible.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV262885Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. SF1509. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 250-1.
SDV268347Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1979. SX67NW122. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. plans.
SDV319854Cartographic: 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. [Mapped feature: #138132 ]
SDV350839Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. M. J. Fletcher.

Associated Monuments

MDV29147Part of: Field system and settlement north-east of Lower Cherrybrook Bridge, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)
MDV133031Related to: Hut circle within settlement north-east of Lower Cherrybrook Bridge, Dartmoor Forest (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8638 - Dunnabridge Common, Duchy Farms Survey
  • EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Jul 20 2022 8:47AM