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HER Number:	MDV24774
Name:	Hut circle east of enclosure at settlement south of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior

Summary

Hut Circle '1' to the east of Enclosure 'A' (Butler) at enclosed settlement south of Hickaton Hill

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 676 658
Map Sheet:	SX66NE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Dean Prior
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	DEAN PRIOR

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1003828: Hut circles and two enclosures on Dean Moor, near River Avon
SHINE: Earthworks and surviving walls of a Bronze Age hut circle settlement comprising four joining enclosures containing at least twenty hut circles, part of a dispersed group of enclosures and hut circles to the north of the Avon Dam Reservoir

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SX66NE16
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/238
Pastscape: 441396
SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

National Monuments Record, 09/04/1980, NMR SX6765, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV146067.

Photograph taken on 9th April 1980.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Hut circle shown on 19th century map.

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

Single unenclosed hut circle visible.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut Circle '1' at 9.0 metres diameter is the largest building at 'Hickaton Hill South-east'.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Hut circle shown on modern mapping.

National Monuments Record, 2020, Pastscape, 441396, SX66NE16 (Website). SDV363416.

Three, free-standing, terraced, Type II hut circles, average internal diameter 6.5 meters, walls 1.4 meters wide and in fair condition, one with an attached yard, 10 meters by 3.5 meters internally, lie close to the settlement.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV146067	Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 09/04/1980. NMR SX6765. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 2.


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.


SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).


SDV337765	Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 152-3, Map 57, Figure 57.20.


SDV346026	Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #84828 ]
SDV363413	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.


SDV363416	Website: National Monuments Record. 2020. Pastscape. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. Website. 441396, SX66NE16.

Associated Monuments

MDV5227	Related to: Enclosed hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129295	Related to: Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129296	Related to: Enclosure 'B' at settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129297	Related to: Enclosure 'C' at settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129298	Related to: Enclosure 'D' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV103647	Related to: Hut circle east of hut circle settlement, Dean Prior (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Aug 22 2023 4:06PM

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