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Summary

A hut circle situated near the N corner of an abandoned early C19th enclosure on the moderate E-facing slope of Manga Hill. Internally 3.8m N-S by 3.5m E-W it is enclosed by turf-covered boulder walls 1.0m to 1.8m thick and 0.3m high. Some leaning external facing slabs are visible on the N side. The hut has a level interior and is terraced on the E side. No entrance is visible though a gap 1.0m wide occurs in the SE side.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1019263: Stone hut circle 450m north east of Teignhead Farm
• SHINE: Walling remains of Bronze Age hut circle on Manga Hill, near corner of enclosure, 250 metres north-west of clapper bridge

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SW93
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 621696
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SW/111
• Old SAM Ref: 28758

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

National Monument Record, 1977, SX6484, 1/231-232 (Aerial Photograph). SDV269515.

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

Small hut circle visible on 1977 NMR aerial photograph.

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

(09/02/1990) SX 63828470. A hut circle situated near the N corner of an abandoned early C19th enclosure on the moderate E-facing slope of Manga Hill.
Internally 3.8m N-S by 3.5m E-W it is enclosed by turf-covered boulder walls 1.0m to 1.8m thick and 0.3m high. Some leaning external facing slabs are visible on the N side. The hut has a level interior and is terraced on the E side. No entrance is visible though a gap 1.0m wide occurs in the SE side.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 152204 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(10/11/1999) At SX 63818470. Hut circle 450m NE of Teignhead Farm. Measures 5m by 3.7m. Internal area 18.5m. Rubble wall 1.5m wide, 0.5m high. A 155 degree facing gap may represent a doorway. The building is orientated NNE to SSW. Earthfast in SW wall. Grass covered.

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

Hut circle visible on aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8651 - Teignhead Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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