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HER Number:MDV26150
Name:HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor

Summary

Hut circle attached to cross reave within the parallel reave system SX67NE/106. Visible on 1979 NMR aerial photograph at SX 6971 7541.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 697 754
Map Sheet:SX67NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWidecombe in the Moor
DistrictTeignbridge
Ecclesiastical ParishWIDECOMBE IN THE MOOR

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Prehistoric settlement on Jordan Ball including a parallel reave system, enclosures and hut circles

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/131
  • SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV296121.

Aph=nmr sf1459/31-32(1/3/1979).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV296122.

Dcra widecombe survey/(1979)vol iv 736. Vis=22/6/1979 (dcra). At least two hut circles are visible in the se corner of common land enclosure no 1419 on the top of a rise above the west webburn river. One of these hut circles is mutilated, but the other is clearly distinguishable among young bracken and bluebells. The entrance to this one was probably facing se. The hut circle at the above ngr has a diameter of 9m and the other close by a diameter of 16m (dcra).

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

Hut circle attached to cross reave within the parallel reave system SX67NE/106. Visible on 1979 NMR aerial photograph at SX 6971 7541.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV296121Aerial Photograph:
SDV296122Migrated Record:
SDV319854Cartographic: 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

MDV26331Related to: ENCLOSURE in the Parish of Widecombe in the Moor (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV1246 - Widecombe parish Survey

Date Last Edited:Jul 24 2023 1:57PM