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Summary

Possible hut recorded from aerial photograph. The indicated position of this possible hut lies on the broad floodplain of the East Dart River - an area covered by a deep deposit of river silt and peat. No features of archaeological significance were identified during 1990 field visit.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SW111
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 623400
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/25

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• NATURAL FEATURE (Unknown date)
• (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV262365.

Aph=nmr 6381/1/264-268(18/5/1977).

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

Possible hut circle visible on 1977 NMR aerial photograph.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(18/08/1990) The indicated position of this possible hut lies on the broad floodplain of the East Dart River - an area covered by a deep deposit of river silt and peat.
No features of archaeological significance were identified.
At SX 63768143, c.50m to the NE, a random natural group of assorted boulders on the river bank appears to be a circular feature when viewed from the air.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8650 - Great Stannon Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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