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HER Number:	MDV134145
Name:	Hut circle in settlement north-west of Buttern Hill, Gidleigh

Summary

Eastern of two hut circles in settlement to the north-west of Buttern Hill

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 652 884
Map Sheet:	SX68NE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Gidleigh
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	GIDLEIGH

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1021215: Part of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill
SHINE: Remains of a coaxial field system, prehistoric settlements and cairns on Buttern Hill, surviving as earthworks and rubble banks and a length of the Bradford Leat

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/167
Old SAM Ref: 34479

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Hut circle shown on the aerial photograph transcription.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 190-192, Map 38, Site 3 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Eastern of two hut circles of circa 3.5 metres diameter at Site '3' to the north-west of Buttern Hill with a reave to the east and a curving boundary to the south-west.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2023, National Heritage List for England, 1021215 (National Heritage List for England). SDV365228.

Within Scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV219155	Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 190-192, Map 38, Site 3.


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


SDV365227	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2023. Mastermap 2023. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.


SDV365228	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2023. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1021215.

Associated Monuments

MDV6133	Part of: Settlement north-west of Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument)
MDV4371	Related to: Buttern Hill Stone Circle, Gidleigh (Monument)
MDV29136	Related to: Hut circle in settlement north-west of Buttern Hill, Gidleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Jul 16 2023 2:45PM

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