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Summary

Hut circle on the north-eastern perimeter of the enclosure to the south-east of Great Nodden

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008653: Stone hut circle settlement 330m south east of Great Nodden

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58NW7
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440527
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58NW/42
• Old SAM County Ref: 424
• Old SAM Ref: 24071

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Hut circle on the north-eastern perimeter of the enclosure shown on 19th century map.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 130901-5, 30/4/1993 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Pound and hut circles, south-east of Great Nodden.
Circular enclosure associated with two hut circles. Interior measures 38 metres east-west by 36 metres north-south and is defined by a partly faced 1.7 metre wide and 0.6 metre high rubble wall. The hut circles survive as circular stone and earth banks surrounding an internal area.
The southern stone hut circle is of the conjoined plan and single orthostat walling type. The interior of the west room measures 6.0 metres in diameter and is defined by a 1.0 metre wide and 0.4 metre high wall, whilst the east room is 3.9 metres in diameter and the surrounding wall is 1.0 metre wide and 0.4 metres high.
The northern stone hut circle is of the simple plan and double orthostat walling type. The interior of this hut measures 5.5 metres in diameter and the surrounding wall is 1.8 metres wide and 0.6 metres high. Both huts are butted by the enclosure boundary wall suggesting that the huts were constructed before the enclosure was added at a later date.
The enclosure is recorded as being cut by a post-medieval leat, this leat however passes some 20 metres to the west.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 217-218, Map 43, Figure 43.1 (Monograph). SDV219155.

Hut circle on the north-eastern perimeter of the enclosure within Settlement '2' to the east of the River Lyd.

English Heritage, 2015, National Heritage List for England, 1008653 (National Heritage List for England). SDV357602.

This monument includes six stone hut circles and two circular enclosures forming the largest part of a settlement situated on a west-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Lyd.
The interior of the southern enclosure measures 38m east to west by 36m north to south and is defined by a partly faced rubble wall 1.7m wide and 0.6m high. Two stone hut circles are linked by the enclosure boundary wall and both survive as stone and earth banks surrounding a circular internal area. The southern hut is a two-roomed building. The interior of the western room measures 6m in diameter and is defined by a 1m wide and 0.4m high wall, whilst the eastern room is 3.9m in diameter and the surrounding wall is 1m wide and 0.4m high. The interior of the northern hut measures 5.5m in diameter and the surrounding wall is 1.8m wide and 0.6m high. Both these huts are abutted by the enclosure boundary wall, suggesting that the huts were constructed before the enclosure.

Bray, L., 2017, Site Condition Assessment: MDV4677 (Worksheet). SDV361929.

Site visited 23/11/17 and condition assessed as good, vegetation encroachment, livestock and human impact identified as active damage agents.

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

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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