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Summary

Enclosure 'A' of 100 metres by 65 metres with walls 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres highon the north side of the settlement to the north-east of Wedlake Farm and to the west of Colly Brook with two internal hut circles

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1007948: Enclosed stone hut circle settlement on the south slope of White Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW15
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 439765

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Baring Gould, S., 1899, Sixth Report of the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, 146-155 (Article in Serial). SDV344950.

A collection of fifteen hut circles and an enclosure, near Wedlake Farm.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

'Enclosures & Hut Circles' shown on early 20th century map. Oval enclosure open on the east side with two hut circles.

1971, Settlement north-east od Wedlake Farm (Un-published). SDV346735.

(Site visited 4/2/1971) Remains of three pounds of dry stone walling and 12 hut circles.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 87-88, Map 31, Figure 31.4 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Enclosure 'A' at Wedlake settlement is an almost complete oval feature open to the east and containing two hut circles

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

Oval enclosure shown on survey open on the east side with two hut circles.

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

Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

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

Outline of oval enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1007948 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes an enclosed stone hut circle settlement situated on a gentle south-facing slope of White Tor overlooking the valley of the Colly Brook. Thirteen stone hut circles are associated with three separate enclosures. The interior of the northern enclosure is sub-oval in shape, measures 100 metres north-east to south-west by 65 metres north-west to south-east and is defined by an orthostatic wall measuring 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Two gaps in the northern wall may be original entrances. Two stone hut circles lie within the enclosure. The southern length of the enclosure forms part of a funnel shaped entrance passage leading into the centre of the settlement.

unknown, Settlement north-east of Wedlake Farm (Unattributed Sites and Monuments Register Entry). SDV346734.

Hut settlement with related enclosures north-north-east of Wedlake Farm. Enclosure walls are of usual turf-covered stones, and are in fragmentary condition.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake
• EDV8415 - Excavation at settlement near Wedlake Farm

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