HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV27927
Name:Alleged hut; probable clearance cairn

Summary

Single unenclosed hut circle recorded from aerial in 1985 project visible underneath ridge and furrow. Not identified as a hut by Gerrard (1998); clearance cairn depicted at this location, so the original identification is likely to be erroneous (see MDV64170).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 631 934
Map Sheet:SX69SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Tawton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH TAWTON

Protected Status

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/122
  • Old SAM Ref: 28727

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
  • CLEARANCE CAIRN (Constructed, Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/3G/TUD/138, 5364 (Aerial Photograph). SDV229649.

National Monuments Record, 1979, SF1455, 30-33 (Aerial Photograph). SDV226093.

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

Single unenclosed hut circle visible underneath ridge and furrow.

Ancient Monuments, 2000, A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone (Schedule Document). SDV229908.

Appears to lie within scheduled area SAM 28727.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV226093Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. SF1455. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 30-33.
SDV229649Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/3G/TUD/138. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 5364.
SDV229908Schedule Document: Ancient Monuments. 2000. A warren, two stone hut circle settlements, cairnfields and cairns at Ivy Tor, ESE of Belstone. The Schedule of Monuments. Unknown.
SDV319854Cartographic: 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. [Mapped feature: #15320 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV52826Part of: Hut circle settlement at Skaigh Warren (Monument)
MDV64170Related to: Clearance cairns on north-facing slope overlooking Belstone Cleave (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jul 15 2022 2:23PM