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| HER Number: | MDV27454 |
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| Name: | Settlement east of Blackaton Brook to the north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh |
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Summary
Settlement with hut circles and an associated irregular aggregate field system. It also contains clearance cairns recorded from aerial images. Dense bracken prevented a detailed ground investigation of this possible Bronze Age settlement site during field visit in 1978. Settlement is evidenced by orthostatic banks up to 0.4 metres high of semi-circular enclosures. Hut circles were not located.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 650 901 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX69SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Throwleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SOUTH TAWTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX69SE32
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1303228
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/212
- Old SAM Ref: 28694
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC (Between) to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, 3383 (Aerial Photograph). SDV221887.
Cropmarks of probable enclosures and hut circles at SX650902.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1978, SX69SE32 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV221714.
(24/07/1978) Area centred SX65089020. Dense bracken prevents a detailed ground investigation of this possible Bronze Age settlement site, which occupies a south-east facing slope of open moorland at 1325 feet OD. Settlement is evidenced by orthostatic banks up to 0.4m high of semi-circular enclosures. Hut circles were not located.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
SX 6498 9028 Hut circle visible in a field system.
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, 198, Map 39, Site 2 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Site '2' to the north-east of Kennon Hill with a group of five hut circles and irregular shaped encosures built on a stony patch of hillside. General overgrowth of turf and bracken make these structures difficult to distinguish amidst the many small clitter streams which descend the slope. The huts are remarkably uniform in size of 3.0 to 3.5 metres in diameter spaced within the enclosures.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. 198, Map 39, Site 2. |
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| SDV221714 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1978. SX69SE32. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. |
| SDV221887 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. 3383. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV59315 | Parent of: Clearance cairn within field system north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59314 | Parent of: Clearance carirn within field system north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59347 | Parent of: Enclosure with huts on east side of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV27455 | Parent of: Field system east of Blackaton Brook, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59321 | Parent of: Hut circle within enclosure on east side of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59322 | Parent of: Hut circle within enclosure on east side of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59323 | Parent of: Hut circle within enclosure on east side of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59316 | Parent of: Hut circle within settlement north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59313 | Parent of: Hut circle within settlement to the north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV27499 | Parent of: Ovoid enclosure within field system associated with the settlement north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59317 | Related to: Clearance cairn within field system north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59318 | Related to: Clearance cairn within field system north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59320 | Related to: Earthwork within field system north-east of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV59344 | Related to: Enclosure on the eastern slope of Kennon Hill, Throwleigh (Monument) |
| MDV28158 | Related to: Kennon Hill Reave (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 30 2023 2:23PM |
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