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Summary

Long rectangular platform extending from the south side of a hut circle within the settlement to the east of Stonetor Hill. It measures 49 metres by 8 metres cut into the slope by 1.2 metres on its west edge and is built up 0.75 metres on the east. The function of this feature is not readily apparent though it may represent a stone quarry associated with the robbing of the huts.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1017874: The North Teign coaxial field system (western part) and associated later remains at Shovel Down, Stonetor Hill and Long Ridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE121
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 889476
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/281
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/115
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 28663
• Old SAM Ref: 28663(PART)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• PLATFORM (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 (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(16/08/1991) Centred SX 65008554. Five possibly six hut circles and a long rectangular platform lie on the moderate east-facing slope of Stonetor Hill. Huts 1 to 5 have been extensively robbed to provide material for the east wall of Langridge Newtake and very little stone is apparent at these sites. The uphill margins of each hut have been sharply cut back and the terracing on the downslope sides has been disturbed in the removal process. Four huts exhibit robber trenches. As a consequence of this activity the dimensions of huts 1 to 5 are probably larger than originally designed. The long rectangular platform adjacent to hut 4 measures 49m north-south by 8m. It is cut into the slope by 1.2m on its west edge and is built up 0.75m on the east. The function of this feature is not readily apparent though it may represent a stone quarry associated with the robbing of the huts.
This settlement lies within and is presumably contemporary with the Shovel Down Parallel System. The huts are slightly ovoid.
A further table of information on the settlement is held in the NRHE archive.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 186-187, Map 37, Figure 37.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Long narrow feature shown to the south of a hut circle at 'Stonetor Hill North settlement'.

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

Feature shown on survey.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1017874 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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