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Summary

Settlement of 270 metres by 85 metres to the north-east of Ger Tor with ten or more hut circles and two curving boundaries to the north-west and south-west

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011237: Length of boundary wall and seven stone hut circles forming part of a large enclosure north-east of Ger Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440591
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/57/1
• Old SAM Ref: 22242

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130602 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(1992) This curved boundary wall is situated on a south-east facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Tavy, and it denotes the higher edge of a substantial enclosed area. The boundary includes two, 1m wide and 0.3m high rubble banks which both curve to form a funnelled entrance measuring 50m wide. A number of huts scattered around the entrance area may be contemporary with the enclosure, although the siting of one within the narrowest part of the passage seems inconsistent with this interpretation.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 100-101, Map 32, Figure 32.3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Settlement to the north-east of Ger Tor with widely dispersed solidly built huts. Two curved reaves form the northern boundary of the settlement with a 50 metres gap between them where there is a cluster of huts.

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

Some boundaries and hut circles visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2023, Mastermap 2023 (Cartographic). SDV365227.

'Settlement' shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1011237, 1011238, 1011239 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

This monument is covered by three separate Scheduled areas.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8441 - Excavation ofhuts on north-east slope of Ger Tor

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