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Summary

Sub-circular enclosure of 50 metres by 39 metres with walls 1.8 metres wide by up to 0.5 metres high with two hut circles on either side of the north-western gap in the boundary wall

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1011429: Two stone hut circles and an enclosure forming part of an unenclosed stone hut circle settlement of the north-east slope of Cox Tor

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/133
• Old SAM Ref: 20396
• Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division: SX57NW33

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX57NW33, SX57NW33 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV228332.

Circular enclosure, open on north-west side. Two hut circles at terminations of walling. Not obvious whether incorporated or attached to enclosure wall.

National Monuments Record, 1982, NMR SF2112, 1333-1340 (Aerial Photograph). SDV345548.

Photograph taken on 19th April 1982.

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

Curved length of walling attached to hut circle, to the north of enclosure, possibly remains of another element.

Gerrard, S., 1990-1994, Monument Protection Programme (Report - Survey). SDV350743.

Enclosure forming part of unenclosed hut settlement. Sub-circular, 50 metres north-west to south-east by 39 metres north-east to south-west. Entrance on north side. Wall of rubble, 1.8 metres wide and 0.5 metres high. Two hut circles are attached. A length of boundary wall leads north-east from the enclosure

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 84-85, Map 31, Figure 31.2 (Monograph). SDV219155.

U-shaped Enclosure 'D', open to the north-west, within the extensive settlement to the north-east of Cox Tor with a hut circle at each end of the walling.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Enclosure visible on aerial photograph.

Newman, P., 2019, Prehistoric Settlements North and South of Wedlake (Supplementary survey report) (Report - Survey). SDV363726.

Circular enclosure shown on GIS survey layer. Gap on north-western side, where two huts are connected to wall remains. Part of MDV4105.

Ordnance Survey, 2022, Mastermap 2022 (Cartographic). SDV364674.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2022, National Heritage List for England, 1011429 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364675.

This monument includes two stone hut circles and an enclosure situated on a gentle north-east facing slope overlooking the valley of the Colly Brook and is part of a large unenclosed stone hut circle settlement on the north-east slope of Cox Tor. The two stone hut circles are attached to the enclosure boundary and each has a stone and earth bank defining a circular interior. The internal diameters of the structures are 4.5 metres and 5.8 metres and the walls stand 0.4 metres and 0.5 metres high respectively. The sub-circular enclosure measures 50 metres north-west to south-east by 39 metres north- east to south-west and is defined by a rubble wall measuring 1.8 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres high. A gap in the northern circuit of the enclosure boundary probably represents an original entrance. A length of boundary wall leads for 11 metres north-eastward from the enclosure.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8292 - Survey of the prehistoric settlements north and south of Wedlake

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