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| HER Number: | MDV28498 |
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| Name: | Possible hut remains in Raddick Plantation |
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Summary
Two possible huts recorded in 1977, but have not been confirmed. The Ordnance Survey describe two vague and fragmentary circles of stones which may be the remains of huts (1977). Not seen in 2008 visit.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 574 701 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57SE84
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 440266
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/280
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- HUT CIRCLE? (Constructed, Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC)
Full description
Turner, J., 1977, Possible huts in Raddick Plantation (Personal Comment). SDV251852.
(10/07/1977) At SX 5749 7015 and SX 5750 7016 in Burrator Forest are the remains of two possible hut circles.
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX57SE84 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV251850.
(19/08/1977) These remains consist of two vague and fragmentary circles of stones which could be the remains of hut circles but are much too ruinous and scattered for any definite conclusion to be reached. (Not surveyed at 1:10 000).
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Not recorded.
Environment Agency WMS, 1998-2016, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution) (Cartographic). SDV360208.
One possible hut visible; there is no sign of another circular feature.
Fletcher, M. J., 2008, Field investigators comments (Report - Survey). SDV251851.
(21/01/2008) These three possible hut circles were not identified because they lie in a fenced plantation of young conifer and deciduous trees with dense bramble. Not depicted by Butler.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV251850 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX57SE84. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Unknown. |
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| SDV251851 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. J.. 2008. Field investigators comments. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. |
| SDV251852 | Personal Comment: Turner, J.. 1977. Possible huts in Raddick Plantation. Not Applicable. [Mapped feature: #15752 ] |
| 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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| SDV360208 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 1998-2016. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #123365 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV35576 | Related to: Possible hut remains in Raddick Plantation (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 11 2021 8:25AM |
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