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| HER Number: | MDV14573 |
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| Name: | Hut circle settlement to north-west of Wotter, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
Hut circle settlement with several small enclosures and huts scattered in the fields to the north-west of Wotter
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 555 619 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 97
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/220
- Pastscape: 439380
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Wainwright, G. J. + Smith, K., 1979, The South Dartmoor Project 1976-1979, 132-5, Figure (Article in Serial). SDV139032.
Wotter village playground, remains of two walled settlements and houses and a reave south from one of the enclosures recorded in a survey in 1978. Reave partly excavated in advance of new road revealing a two period structure. Earlier deposit dated about 1700 BC.
Smith, K., 1981, Interim Report (Report - Interim). SDV153133.
Smith, K. + Coppen, J. + Wainwright, G. J. + Beckett, S., 1981, The Shaugh Moor Project; Third Report - Settlement and Environmental Investigations, 205-74 (Article in Serial). SDV173752.
Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4 (Monograph). SDV137656.
Settlement 'F' within 'Shaugh Moor field System'. The remains of four huts can be identified at Settlement 'F' in a patch of open ground between the houses, together with a few banks and lines of orthostats that once bounded the fields. The buildings are all in poor shape with only some of the larger blocks in place.
Fletcher, M. + Probert, S., 1998, Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey (Report - Survey). SDV343481.
Visited on 1st December 1997. A settlement of four hut circles and associated enclosures and walling centred at SX 5550 6195 is located on a partially cleared clitter-covered south-west facing hillslope at 215 metres above OD.
Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.
'Homesteads' and 'Hut Circles' shown on modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV137656 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1994. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West. Three. Paperback Volume. 102-5, Map 48, Figure 48.4. |
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| SDV139032 | Article in Serial: Wainwright, G. J. + Smith, K.. 1979. The South Dartmoor Project 1976-1979. Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society. 37. Unknown. 132-5, Figure. |
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| SDV153133 | Report - Interim: Smith, K.. 1981. Interim Report. Unknown. |
| SDV173752 | Article in Serial: Smith, K. + Coppen, J. + Wainwright, G. J. + Beckett, S.. 1981. The Shaugh Moor Project; Third Report - Settlement and Environmental Investigations. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 47. A4 Bound. 205-74. |
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| SDV343481 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Probert, S.. 1998. Shaugh Moor, Devon: An Archaeological Survey. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV364015 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2021. MasterMap 2021. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #129896 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV130540 | Parent of: Enclosure with one hut circle in settlement to north-west of Wotter, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV126162 | Parent of: Hut circle in settlement to north-west of Wotter, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV126160 | Parent of: Hut circles in field to north-west of Wotter, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
| MDV2578 | Parent of: Two huts in settlement west of Wotter, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4967 - Survey of Shaugh Moor
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 23 2021 10:55AM |
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