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| HER Number: | MDV24780 |
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| Name: | Hut circle on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh |
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Summary
Single unenclosed hut circle visible near a group of trial pits (MDV24739), 150 metres to the west-south-west of a small prehistoric homestead (MDV24768), which may be associated with it.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 681 667 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | West Buckfastleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BUCKFASTLEIGH |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and stone remains of a prehistoric hut circle, adjacent medieval field system with relict boundaries and ridge and furrow and an area of later tin working and trial pits on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/245
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 402 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Single unenclosed hut circle visible on the aerial photograph near a group of trial pits (see MDV24739).
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 165-6, Map 58.3 (Monograph). SDV337765.
A second hut 140 metres uphill from the small homestead (MDV24768) was probably associated with it, as it has no enclosure of its own. The hut measures approximately 5.5 metres in diameter and the only stones showing through the turf here are the doorposts.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
The hut is quite nicely visible on the aerial photograph, to the south of the gulley depicted by Butler.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV172921 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1457. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 402. |
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| 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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| 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. 165-6, Map 58.3. |
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| SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. [Mapped feature: #84831 ] |
Associated Monuments
| MDV24768 | Related to: Enclosure 540 metres south of Lud Gate, Buckfstleigh (Monument) |
| MDV24782 | Related to: Leat on Hickaton Hill (Monument) |
| MDV24739 | Related to: Trial pits on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 22 2023 4:06PM |
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