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Summary

Hut circle of 10.1 metres diameter with walls 2 metres wide by 1.2 metres high within field system to the south of Buttern Farmstead and north-east of Buttern Hill

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021218: Two stone hut circles and field system, 590m south of Buttern, forming part of a coaxial field system on Buttern Hill

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE21
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443541
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/169
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/18
• Old SAM Ref: 34482

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Hut Circle' shown on 19th century map.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 4474-5 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.

Ancient Monuments, 1971, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV275357.

(02/03/1971) SX 6586 8888 Very well preserved hut circle. Upright facing stones. Entrance on se side. Associated with rectangular field banks.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

A few reaves surrounding hut circle SX68NE/18. Visible on RAF 1947 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 190-192, Map 38, Site 5 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle of 9.2 metres diameter with walls 1.7 metres wide in the north-east corner of a field at Site '5' to the north-east of Buttern Hill. The entrance is clearly visible on the south-east side.

Ancient Monuments, 2003/2004, Scheduling amendment (Schedule Document). SDV275366.

(21/01/2004) Two stone hut circles and field system 590m south of 'Buttern' forming part of a coaxial field system on 'buttern hill'. There are at least three parallel reaves within the monument from which other boundaries lead creating a number of small fields and enclosures.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1021218 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

The monument includes part of a coaxial field system and two associated stone hut circles situated on the east facing slope of Buttern Hill. The northern stone hut circle measures 10.1 metres in diameter and is denoted by a 2 metres wide double orthostatic wall standing up to 1.2 metres high. A 1.1 metres wide south-south-east facing gap represents an original doorway protected by a crude straight porch.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Events: none recorded

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