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Summary

Enclosure 'D' (Butler) with two hut circles on east side of Walkhampton reave to the south-east of Leeden Tor

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1008671: An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement, an irregular aggregate field system, a length of reave and an enclosure on the south east slope of Leeden Tor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57SE106
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 440330
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/189
• Old SAM Ref: 22265

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1980, SX57SE106 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV220051.

(30/07/1980) At SX 56437125, on a northeast slope at 377m OD are two hut circles, which adjoin the Walkhampton Common Reave (SX 57 SE 91). The huts are of Type 1 (SX 56 NE 19) and in poor condition with internal diameters of 2.5m. and walling averaging 0.7m. wide and 0.3m. high; entrances are to the north-east. The huts have linking walls of rubble construction, partly hidden in clitter, and averaging 1.2m. thick and 0.3m. high. At SX 56457128 is a modern shelter, 2m. in diameter.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, Ordnance Survey Drawing (Cartographic). SDV272764.

Enclosure wall incorporating two hut circles on the east side of the Walkhampton reave shown on os survey drawing.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset. (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Site visited on 14th May 1992. Enclosure 74 metres north-east by south-west by 32 metres north-west by south-east. Defined by rubble wall 0.7 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. A short length of boundary bank leading from the Walkhampton Common Reave divides the interior into two parts.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 36-37, Map 45 Fogure 45.1 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Enclosure 'D' to the north of Settlement 'C' at Leeden Tor South. A boulder wall links a pair of small huts of circa 2.3 metres diameter and threads its way through the surface stone to form a small enclosure on the east side of the Walkhampton Common East reave.

Fletcher, M. J., 2007-2008, Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV359195.

(11/05/2007) Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1008671 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes an enclosure containing two stone hut circles and a military shelter.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project

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