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| HER Number: | MDV20060 |
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| Name: | Hut circle on Chittaford Down |
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Summary
Vis=29/11/1982 (greeves) low ring of small stones on cluttaford down. External diameters 7.4m x 6.8m. Bank, max width 1.3m, height 0.20m. In partially cleared area. If not hut circle, could possibly be a ring cairn (worksheet).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 634 793 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of a small Bronze Age hut circle on Chittaford Down
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67NW224
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 883275
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/131
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243160.
Des=worksheet. Vis=29/11/1982 (greeves) low ring of small stones on cluttaford down. External diameters 7.4m x 6.8m. Bank, max width 1.3m, height 0.20m. In partially cleared area. If not hut circle, could possibly be a ring cairn (worksheet).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243161.
Nmr=sx67nw224.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV243162.
Moore, s. A. /dartmoor preservation assoc. /(1890)/a short history of the rights of common upon the forest of dartmoor and the forest of devon.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not recorded.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(24/08/1989) SX 63497934 Probable Hut circle.
Levelled into a gentle N facing slope in an apparently cleared area of rough grassland about 400m OD on Chittaford Down is an irregular annular bank of turf covered stones about 1m wide 0.2m high. Overall diameters are 7m N-S by 6.2m.
The irregularity of the inner face of the bank suggests a robbed cairn but no stone was found on probing the centre.
A slight hollow or lowering of the bank in the E may be due to robbing but might represent an entrance to what is probably a mutilated hut circle.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV243160 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV243161 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV243162 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8648 - Middle Merripit Farm, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 7 2022 4:36PM |
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