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Summary

Enclosure of 0.2 hectares to the west of Ford Brook containing two hut circles with another to the north-east

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1015428: Enclosure and stone hut circles 600m ESE of Penn Beacon, forming part of a stone hut circle settlement

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66SW/239
• Old SAM County Ref: 444
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 24092
• Old SAM Ref: 10773

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

Enclosure shown on 19th century map extending to the north to include a third hut circle.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1950, SX66SW39, SX66SW39 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV156241.

Visited on 19th August 1977. Sub-oval enclosure of 0.25 hectares. The much ruined walling is destroyed on the south side. Within the enclosure is L-shaped wall at SX60546254 encompassing a triangular levelled area.

National Monuments Record, 1976, SX6062, 2 (Aerial Photograph). SDV142425.

Photpgraph taken on 8th April 1976.

National Monuments Record, 1976, SX6062, 3 (Aerial Photograph). SDV142425.

Photograph taken on 14th April 1977.

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

Enclosure with two hut circles visible (1976) on right bank of Ford Brook 0.2 hectares.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 133114 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(06/05/1993) Sub-circular enclosure with two hut circles built across the northern line of the boundary wall. Situated on the northern edge of a hut circle settlement, lying on a set facing slope overlooking the valley of the Ford Brook. Interior measures 60m by 55m and is defined by a double faced 3m wide and 0.5m high rubble wall. An entrance survives as a gap in the surrounding wall and faces north-east. The eastern stone hut circle survives as a 5m diameter and 0.4m deep circular hollow terraced into the hillslope. The western hut is composed of a double orthostat stone and earth wall 2m wide and 0.6m high defining an internal area measuring 6.3m in diameter. Nb MPP 24092 is a revision of SAM 10773.

Butler, J., 1994, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Three - The South-West, 181-2, Map 52, Figure 52.7 (Monograph). SDV137656.

Enclosure 'A' at 'Ford Brook Upper settlement' has lost the section of wall nearest the river. Apart from a short section of banking with an outer ditch next to Hut Circle '1' the rest of the perimeter has been reduced to a single line of slabs. A few stones remain of a second Hut Circle '2' attached to the wall and another close by Hut Circle '3' to the north-east has lost all but the larger facing stones.

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

Visible on aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2021, MasterMap 2021 (Cartographic). SDV364015.

Enclosure shown on modern mapping.

Historic England, 2021, National Heritage List for England, 1015428 (National Heritage List for England). SDV364016.

This monument includes 11 stone hut circles and a sub-circular enclosure situated on a south east facing slope overlooking the valley of the Ford Brook. The interior of the enclosure measures 60 metres long by 55 metres wide and is defined by a double faced 3 metres wide and 0.5 metres high rubble wall. An entrance survives as a gap in the surrounding wall and faces north east. Two stone hut circles are built across the northern line of the enclosure boundary wall. The eastern hut survives as a 5 metres diameter and 0.4 metres deep circular hollow terraced into the hillslope. The western hut includes a faced stone and earth wall 2 metres wide and 0.6 metres high surrounding the interior which measures 6.3 metres in diameter.

Sources / Further Reading

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