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Summary

A hut circle built from large stones - some in situ. Level interior with some tumble 8.2m diameter stone slabs of internal wall lining remain in situ. The walls are up to 2.5m thick and 0.6m high. The hut is built into the corner of a small enclosure with partition walls defining small plots attached to the hut, all now ruined and spread.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Dartmeet Parallel Reave System. Earthworks of an extensive area of prehistoric remains including complex field system, numerous hut circles, enclosures and cairns, overlain by medieval remains including Vaghill Warren, farmsteads and a large field syste

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 67 NE 207
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NE/146
• Pastscape: 619165

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX6875/4, 117-125 (Aerial Photograph). SDV289775.

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

Enclosure incorporated into the parallel reave system. In the northern corner of this enclosure is a cluster of approximately four hut circles. From this group of hut circles extend two banks to join the reaves. Visible on National Monuments Record 1977 aerial photograph.

Fleming, A., 1988, The Dartmoor Reaves: Investigating Prehistoric Land Divisions, 64 (Monograph). SDV229071.

A Bronze Age settlement cluster lies on the north--east slopes of Corndon near Shallowford. Six huts are distributed in a "neighbourhood group". (The huts A & B are located at SX 6918 7534 and SX 6906 7534, the other four, C-F, are located at SX 6890 7532, SX 6883 7537, SX 6883 7532 and SX 6887 7517). It is notable that field size increases to the south, away from the group.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume One - The East, 99 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Enclosure depicted on Butler's map. Other details: Map 17.

Gerrard, S., 2004, List of Sites Remaining to be Considered for Designation on Dartmoor (Un-published). SDV345444.

Part of Dartmeet coaxial field system (Northern Part) which was considered for designation as a Scheduled Ancient Monument in 2004. Other details: Site 43.

English Heritage, 2005-2008, Prehistoric Survey Information (Cartographic). SDV345521.

Newman, P., 2008, Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV347061.

(14/03/2008) On the gently sloping, north-east lower slopes of Corndon Down, a group of five dispersed hut circles, some within or attached to small enclosures and all associated with the Dartmeet reave system. Described by Fleming (1988) as a neighbourhood group all the huts are within 300m of each other.
SX 6890 7515 A hut circle built from large stones - some in situ. Level interior with some tumble 8.2m diameter stone slabs of internal wall lining remain in situ. The walls are up to 2.5m thick and 0.6m high. The hut is built into the corner of a small enclosure with partition walls defining small plots attached to the hut, all now ruined and spread.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8296 - Dartmeet Premier Archaeological Landscape (PAL) Field Investigation Project

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