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Summary

Partial hut circle on the south side of Corndon Down, within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. Not confirmed as a hut during the 2008 survey.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE123
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 443216
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/176

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE122 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV315817.

Hut circle shown on undated (approximately 1980?) Ordnance Survey drawing in Sites and Monument Record.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX67SE123 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV315568.

On the south-east slope of Corndon Tor, three hut circles are situated within the parallel reave system. They are of Type 2 hut circles. The diameters of their levelled interiors range from 5.8 metres to 8.0 metres, with walling averaging 0.9 metres thick and 0.6 metres high. All are in poor condition with no visible entrances. This hut (at SX 6885 7370) is cut by a modern wall. Other details: Plan.

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

Not recorded.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 130 (Monograph). SDV299725.

A semicircle is all that remains of this hut; the rest has been destroyed by a bank and a ditch. The diameter of this circle is around 6.8 meters. Other details: Map 15, 3.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

Not marked as a hut on the 2008 Dartmeet survey layers.

Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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