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HER Number:MDV27946
Name:Alleged hut; unlikely feature

Summary

Hut circle recorded from 1979 aerial in 1985 project. This was not located during field investigation. Unlikely feature.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 625 901
Map Sheet:SX69SW
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSouth Tawton
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSOUTH TAWTON

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork remains of an extensive area of medieval or later tin working on both sides of the River Taw at Taw Marsh as well as Taw Marsh Bronze Age reave on South Tawton Common

Other References/Statuses

  • National Monuments Record: SX69SE150
  • National Record of the Historic Environment: 1409178
  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX69SW/226

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • (Former Type) HUT CIRCLE? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)

Full description

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV225330.

Aph=nmr sf1510/337(26/4/1979).

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

Hut circle visible beside a reave.

Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.

(Undated, but likely to be 1996 based on comparable report data locally) The County Sites and Monument Record notes a hut circle on Metheral Hill. This was not located during field investigation.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV145710Report - non-specific: Gerrard, S.. 1993-2010. Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report. English Heritage. Unknown.
SDV225330Aerial Photograph:
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.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
  • EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
  • EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range

Date Last Edited:May 11 2022 11:23AM