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Summary

Small hut circle within probable enclosure on Yartor Down, 270 meters north-east of Badger's Holt: set within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. This hut circle survives as a stony turf-covered bank with elements of internal wall lining in situ. There are signs of later refurbishment. The interior is level with no discernible entrance. The internal diameter is 4.9 metres with stone walls 1.0 metre thick and 0.8 metres high.

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

• Dartmoor Non-designated Heritage Asset (Historical): NI Site
• National Monuments Record: SX67SE16
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 442901
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/181
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX67SE16

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951/1980, SX67SE16 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV346976.

(03/06/1980) Centred at SX 676736 on the south west slope of Yartor Down within the parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 94) and between 293m and 366m OD are five Type 2 (SX 56 NE 71) hut circles, all in poor condition (see ground photograph). Their level interiors a have diameters from 4.7m to 6.6m with walling averaging 1.1m wide and 0.6m high. Only one has a visible entrance to the south east (see plan). The hut at SX 67517372 has some roughly dressed walling giving the appearance of re-use in later times.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD.

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 397-410 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.

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

Isolated hut circle shown on undated Ordnance Survey drawing (approximately 1980?) in Sites and Monuments Record.

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

Hut circle at the end of a bank, but not attached to it, which may be part of an enclosure (PRN 26249) surrounding the hut circle. Visible on National Monuments Record 1980 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 125 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Single, thin-walled hut circle measuring 4.7 meters within an enclosure (PRN 26249). Other details: Map 14, 4.

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.

(Visited 14/03/2008) A dispersed group of hut circles on the moderate south-west slopes of Yar Tor to the north-east of Dartmeet. Although mostly free-standing, the huts are all associated with enclosures which are in turn probably associated with the reaves of the Dartmeet system which run across the hill
(SX 6751 7371) This hut circle survives as a stony turf-covered bank with elements of internal wall lining in situ. There are signs of later refurbishment. The interior is level with no discernible entrance. The internal diameter is 4.9 metres with stone walls 1.0 metre thick and 0.8 metres high.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Hut circle clearly visible on 2010 aerial photography.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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