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HER Number:	MDV20905
Name:	Hut settlement south of Gallaven Brook

Summary

Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km se of gartaven ford, sw of rippator.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 640 876
Map Sheet:	SX68NW
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Gidleigh
District	West Devon
Ecclesiastical Parish	GIDLEIGH

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1018788: An unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 1.1km south east of Gartaven Ford, south west of Rippator
SHINE: Earthworks and walling of a prehistoric chambered tomb, Bronze Age hut circle settlements and reave, and medieval and post medieval streamworks along the Gallaven Brook, west of Rippator

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SX68NW110
National Record of the Historic Environment: 1236601
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/164
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/77
Old SAM Ref Revised: 28693

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261237.

Des=worksheet. Vis=8/5/1983 (greeves + fleming) a group of approximately six small prehistoric hut circles with an associated stretch of boundary wall and several small cairns. Lies on "little haydon" (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV261238.

Price, d. G. /tda/117(1985)129-138/changing perceptions of prehistoric tinning on dartmoor.

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

No aerial photographs available for this area.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 148921-5 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

Ancient Monuments, 1999, Schedule note (Schedule Document). SDV253348.

(16/04/1999) An unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle settlement. The settlement consists of a linear cluster of five hut circles each surviving as a circular bank enclosing an area between 4.15 and 14.51 square metres and 0.4 to 0.7 metres high. Four of the huts have visible doorways. To the east is a cairn 5 metres in diameter and 0.7 metres high. Scheduled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV253348	Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 1999. Schedule note. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown.
SDV261237	Migrated Record:
SDV261238	Migrated Record:
SDV277946	Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 148921-5.


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.

Associated Monuments

MDV59155	Parent of: CAIRN in the Parish of Gidleigh (Monument)
MDV59150	Parent of: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Gidleigh (Monument)
MDV59151	Parent of: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Gidleigh (Monument)
MDV59152	Parent of: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Gidleigh (Monument)
MDV59153	Parent of: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Gidleigh (Monument)
MDV59154	Parent of: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Gidleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Apr 27 2022 11:31AM

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