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HER Number:	MDV25697
Name:	Hut circle on the south side of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent

Summary

Hut circle on the south side of Corringdon Ball field system

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 674 606
Map Sheet:	SX66SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	South Brent
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	SOUTH BRENT

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1010477: One of two stone hut circles on Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm
SHINE: Earthworks and surviving stone-walls of Bronze Age parallel reaves, field system and hut circles on Corringdon Ball and Treeland Downs, Bronze Age hut circles and medieval settlement at Newland's Brakes and pillow mounds on south side of Corringdon Ball

Other References/Statuses

National Monuments Record: SX66SE150
National Record of the Historic Environment: 901573
Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SE/390
Old SAM Ref: 10870

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 2494 4076-7 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th March 1948.

Robinson, R., 1980, An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent, 8 (Report - non-specific). SDV150007.

A Bronze Age hut-circle which has possibly been rebuilt as a farm building, is located at SX67556061.

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

Possible hut circle visible on 1948 aerial photograph. Vis=estimated -/-/1990 (ancient monuments). Hut circle at sx67486060. One of 2 on s slope of corringdon ball. Lies s of contemporary field system on corringdon ball. Diam 7m, walls 0.75m thick, 0.4m high. Set into slope. Entrance to sw (am).

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Hut circle shown to the south-west of Hut Cirlce '6' at Corringdon Ball field system'.

Historic England, 2020, National Heritage List for England, 1010476 (National Heritage List for England). SDV363414.

This stone hut circle is one of two on the southern slope of Corringdon Ball, north of Corringdon Farm. It lies south of the contemporary field or reave system on Corringdon Ball and forms part of a concentration of occupation evidence surviving in the area.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV150007	Report - non-specific: Robinson, R.. 1980. An Archaeological Check-List for South Brent. DAS/DCRA Publication. 8. A4 Comb Bound. 8.


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.


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. 87-9, Map 56, Figure 56.5.


SDV342938	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). 2494 4076-7. [Mapped feature: #13755 ]


SDV363414	National Heritage List for England: Historic England. 2020. National Heritage List for England. Digital. 1010476.

Associated Monuments

MDV13291	Part of: PARALLEL REAVE SYSTEM in the Parish of South Brent, Ugborough (Monument)
MDV13275	Related to: Hut circle to the south of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)
MDV13482	Related to: Prehistoric hut circle south of Corringdon Ball field system, South Brent (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Date Last Edited:	Jan 14 2022 2:01PM

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