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Summary

At least two hut circles and several associated enclosures lie on the gentle S facing slope above the left bank of the Venford Brook. Recorded during Holne survey in 1996.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020487: Part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system and other archaeological remains on Holne Moor west and north west of Venford Reservoir

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SE252
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1078188
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/444
• Old SAM Ref: 22368

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

Pendant enclosure attached to a bank with an incorporated hut circle on the eastern wall. Visible on 1985 aerial photograph.

National Monuments Record, 1985, NMR SF2600, 449-456 (Aerial Photograph). SDV346525.

Photograph taken on 11th April 1985.

Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 189-90, Map 60, Figure 60.10 (Monograph). SDV337765.

Settlement 'I' at 'Venford Brookhead' with several adjoining paddocks and three hut circles. Lying between two reaves belonging to the Dartmeet parallel reave system.

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

(06/01/1996) Centred SX 67387066. Two hut circles and several associated enclosures lie on the gentle S facing slope above the left bank of the Venford Brook. The huts, at SX 67367067 and SX 67407067, have both been terraced into the slope and neither possesses an identifiable entrance. The interior of the W hut, at SX 67367067, measures 3.7m in diameter and is enclosed by a slight stoney rim. Abutting its E side is a further small sub-circular structure around 1.8m in internal diameter and open on the E side. The E hut is a fairly substantial structure with an internal diameter of 3.6m and walls 1.5m wide and 0.5m high.
The huts have been integrated into a small contemporary field system consisting of enclosures of around 0.1ha in area bounded by low stoney banks around 1.5m wide and up to 0.7m high.
This settlement lies within a later, medieval, field system and has been slightly disturbed by this later agrarian activity.

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

Fragments of three adjoining enclosures shown on survey.

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Visible on aerial photograph.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1020487 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

Within scheduled area.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

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