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Summary

Hut circle attached to a cross reave within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. Despoiled hut c.7m diameter, stands close to a field boundary which is likely to be a refurbished prehistoric reave. The north-west side of the hut has been robbed and spread outwards. Level interior, some wall stone survives in situ.

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/152
• Pastscape (Yes): 619165

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1980, SF1748, 360-373 (Aerial Photograph). SDV279663.

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

Hut circle attached to a cross reave within the Dartmeet parallel reave system. Visible on National Monuments Record 1980 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, 132-133 (Monograph). SDV299725.

Slight remains of another hut, tucked into the corner between two field banks. Other details: Map 17, 1.

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.

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 6891 7541 Despoiled hut c.7m diameter, stands close to a field boundary which is likely to be a refurbished prehistoric reave. The north-west side of the hut has been robbed and spread outwards. Level interior, some wall stone survives in situ.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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