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HER Number:MDV26732
Name:Hut within enclosure in Dartmeet reave system, Holne

Summary

Hut within the Dartmeet reave system, sited within an enclosure. Survey in 1996 recorded a hut with diameter of 4.9 metres, walls 1.3 metres wide, 0.3 metres high. A platform or annex (diameter 2.0 metres), roughly square in shape adjoins the hut on the northern side.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 672 713
Map Sheet:SX67SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishHolne
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishHOLNE

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX67SE42
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 442977
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/273

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950/1977, SX67SE42 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV140061.

(12/07/1977) Centred SX 67207120. This settlement consists of 7 type II hut circles and lies on a moderate, well drained, north east facing slope at 350m above OD. The huts are terraced with average internal diameters of 5.5m, and walls about 1.5m thick. Most are in poor condition, some faced with large boulders; entrances are in the south east and one has a possible internal dividing wall. The huts are integrated with the cross walls of the parallel reave system (SX 56 SE 92).
Survey at 1:10 000 scale on PFD/AO Model.

National Monument Record, 1977, NMR SX6771, 3/405-408 (Aerial Photograph). SDV141238.

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

Enclosure of three elements attached to a cross reave and meeting an area of tin streaming which has destroyed part of it. Incorporated in the parallel reave system SX67SE/247. Hut circle attached to internal wall of enclosure at SX 6720 7135. Visible on 1977 aerial photograph.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 182-3, Map 60.3 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Butler's hut 11. Hut (4.0 metres in diameter) and annex.

Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 1997, Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV173671.

(18/04/1996) Centred SX 67207120. One of nine hut circles and two other contemporary structures lie within the area described by the Ordnance Survey in 1977. All the huts are terraced into the gentle north-facing slope providing level interiors of between 3.5 metres and 6.8 metres in diameter. Most of the huts (see related records) adjoin elements of the Dartmeet parallel reave system (SX 67 SE 95). Entrances, where apparent, lie in the south-east or east quadrants.
(SX 6722 7136) Diameter 4.9 metres, walls 1.3 metres wide, 0.3 metres high.
(SX 6722 7136) Diameter 2.0 metres. Small, square platform-adjoins previous hut

Sources / Further Reading

SDV140061Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1950/1977. SX67SE42. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index.
SDV141238Aerial Photograph: National Monument Record. 1977. NMR SX6771. National Monument Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 3/405-408.
SDV173671Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 1997. Holne Moor, Dartmoor, Devonshire. A Landscape Survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. [Mapped feature: #119430 ]
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.
SDV337765Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 182-3, Map 60.3.

Associated Monuments

MDV27685Part of: Dartmeet parallel reave system on Holne Moor (Monument)
MDV26364Related to: Hut in Dartmeet reave system, south-east of Hangman's Pit (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

Date Last Edited:Jun 21 2022 12:08PM