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HER Number:MDV133720
Name:Hut Circle 'C' within settlement adjacent to reave on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy

Summary

Hut Circle 'C' of up to 1.8 metres internal diameter with walls 1.6 metres wide by up to 0.3 metres high within the settlement on the south side of a reave on Cudlipptown Down

Location

Grid Reference:SX 539 791
Map Sheet:SX57NW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishPeter Tavy
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishPETER TAVY

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of a prehistoric reave on Cudlipptown Down

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX57NW114
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 918840
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/226

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Visited on 14th January 1988. Hut Circle 'C' at SX53907910 of 1.5 metres to 1.8 metres internal diameter with fragmentary walling formed by large, earthfast boulders circa 1.6 metres wide and up to 0.3 metres high. No entrance is visible.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 94-95, Map 31, Site 16 (Monograph). SDV219155.

One of four hut circles within enclosure on the south side of a bend in a reave on Cudlipptown Down.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Visible on aerial photograph.

National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data (Cartographic). SDV364293.

Hut circle shown.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 94-95, Map 31, Site 16.
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #139742 ]
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. P. Pattison.

Associated Monuments

MDV56598Part of: Settlement adjacent to reave on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV133718Related to: Hut Circle 'A' within settlement adjacent to reave on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV133719Related to: Hut Circle 'B' within settlement adjacent to reave on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV133721Related to: Hut Circle 'D' within settlement adjacent to reave on Cudlipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument)
MDV29954Related to: Reaves on Cudlipptown Down (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

Date Last Edited:Dec 20 2022 10:50AM