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| HER Number: | MDV25043 |
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| Name: | Unlikely huts south-east of settlement south of Lower Hartor Tor |
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Summary
Series of five huts noted here from the 1985 aerial photograph project. Survey in 1999 could find no traces of these alleged hut circles on the steeply sloping south-east facing clitter-covered moorland hillslope. This area lies adjacent to the well preserved prehistoric enclosure with its impressive hut circles (SX 66 NW 15).
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 603 673 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NW159
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1237504
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NW/107
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- NON ANTIQUITY (Unknown date)
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1983, SF2134, 083 (Aerial Photograph). SDV231262.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Five unenclosed hut circles near an enclosure. A leat has been cut so as to separate the northernmost hut circle (at SX 60296735) from the rest.
Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.
(13/07/1999) There are no traces of these alleged hut circles on the steeply sloping south-east facing clitter-covered moorland hillslope. This area lies adjacent to the well preserved prehistoric enclosure with its impressive hut circles (SX 66 NW 15).
The evidence for these alleged features is derived from Aerial Photographic plotting which was not ground checked.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV231262 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1983. SF2134. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 083. |
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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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| SDV346268 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S.. 1999. Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound. [Mapped feature: #13246 Non antiquity - retained to avoid future confusion., ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 6 2021 1:35PM |
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